Life functions/Cells

Question 1

What is the science of Biology

Answer 1

Is the “study of life”

Question 2

Characteristics of Life

Answer 2

Cells, Metabolism, Homeostasis, and Reproduction

Question 3

Cells

Answer 3

Basic units of structure & function. All living things are made up of 1 or more cells

Question 4

Metabolism

Answer 4

Chemical reactions in cells

Question 5

Homeostasis

Answer 5

The ability of the body to maintain a constant internal balance, regardless of the external environment. Internal Balance

Question 6

Reproduction

Answer 6

Produce offspring

Question 7

Energy

Answer 7

Required to maintain life and for growth and development

Question 8

8 functions you must carry out to be considered alive

Answer 8

Nutrition, Transport, Cell Respiration, Excretion, Synthesis Regulation, Growth, and Reproduction

Question 9

Nutrition

Answer 9

To eat food

Question 10

Types of Nutrition

Answer 10

Autotrophic and Heterotrophic

Question 11

Autotrophic

Answer 11

Organisms that make their own food

Question 12

Heterotrophic

Answer 12

Organisms that get their food from the environment

Question 13

Transport

Answer 13

Organisms circulate and absorb materials through the cells (food and waste)

Question 14

Cell Respiration

Answer 14

Releases energy stored in nutrients

Question 15

Types of Cellular Respiration

Answer 15

Aerobic and Anaerobic

Question 16

Aerobic

Answer 16

With oxygen

Question 17

Anaerobic

Answer 17

Without oxygen

Question 18

Excretion

Answer 18

Get rid of Metabolic (cell) waste

Question 19

Synthesis

Answer 19

To make or to build from small to large. To make bigger or more complex molecules

Question 20

Regulation

Answer 20

To control (Homeostasis)

Question 21

Growth

Answer 21

Increasing the size or number of cells

Question 22

Reproduction

Answer 22

To have offspring (children)