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Life Functions test Flashcards

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1
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Taking food into the body (for example single cell organisms through membrane)

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Ingestion

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Breaking down food so It can be used by the organism (example enzymes)

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Digestion

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The removal of solid waste (ex.poop)

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Egestion

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Absorption and circulation of materials throughout organism (body) (ex. Xylem up phloem down)

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Transport

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5
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So process of making energy from nutrients inside the cell

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Respiration

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The process of removing cellular waste from an organism (example urine or sweat)

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Excretion

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7
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When small molecules are put to gather to make bigger molecules (example amino acids make protein which makes muscle)

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Synthesis

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8
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An increase in either sell size or cell number

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Growth

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9
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How the nervous system controls and coordinates life functions

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Regulation Nervous system

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10
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Making new organisms like parents not (necessary for individual but for species)

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Reproduction

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11
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All the chemical reactions carried on by an organism

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Metabolism

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12
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Maintaining a stable internal environment to cope with the changes in the outside environment

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Homeostasis

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13
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A nitrogen containing organic compound made of a chain of amino acids

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Protein

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14
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Building blocks of proteins contain a carboxyl box and variable to side chain

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Amino acids

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15
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When two or more amino acids combined by dehydration synthesis

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Dipeptides

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16
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Went three or more amino acids combined together also called a protein

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Polypeptide

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17
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Facts or oils and waxes
Compounds that are insoluble in water but soluble and solvents

  • function in long-term energy storage 1 g of fat stores more than twice as much energy as a gram of carbohydrates
  • also an important component of cell membrane
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Lipids

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18
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Large proteins that act as catalysts for organic reaction

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Enzymes

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19
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Anything that speeds up a reaction

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Organic Catalyst

20
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The substance acted upon by the enzyme

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Substrate

21
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The usual three letter ending of an enzyme’s name

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Ase

22
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When the material is taken from the environment and used by the organism

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Nutrition

23
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A component necessary for the functioning of an enzyme usually a vitamin

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Coenzyme

24
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Factors that influence enzyme action

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Temperature
Enzyme concentration
PH

25
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Compounds that contain both hydrogen and carbon

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Organic

26
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Compounds that do not contain hydrogen and carbon

Ex. plants

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Inorganic

27
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The sugars or starters are used as a primary source of energy.
contains H2O in a 1 to 2 ratio

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Carbohydrates

28
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Simple or single sugar contain a single sugar hexagon shape

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Monosaccharide

29
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Sugar made up of two monosaccharides

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Disaccharide

30
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Three or more monosaccharides in Sugar these are starches

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Polysaccharide

31
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The process where smaller molecules are combined to form larger ones by losing water

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Dehydration synthesis

32
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Breaking Michael’s apart by using water

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Hydrolysis (lys means to slice)

33
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structure found in the cell nucleus that is made of DNA and protein. It contains the hereditary information

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Chromosomes

34
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Substrate inside the cell that performs a specific function

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Organelles

35
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Surrounds the cell selectively rRegulates passage pr materials into and out of the cell ( is semi permeable

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Cell membrane/ plasma membrane

36
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The liquid part inside of cell. Organelles float in this material

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Cytoplasm

37
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Control center of the cell.

*contians genetic material

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Nucleus

38
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Organell inside of nucleus contains RNA

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Nucleolus

39
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Sight of protein synthesis

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Ribosome

40
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Canals inside the cell that allows intercellular transport

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Endoplasmic reticulum

41
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Mitochondria

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Sight of aerobic respiration. Energy for life functions are produced here.

42
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Golgi apparatus

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Involved in the packaging of materials before they are transported outside the cell to the blood stream

43
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Lysosomes

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Contain digestive enzymes that add in Intercellular digestion

44
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Centrioles

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Used in the cellular division

45
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Vacuoles

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Large place inside the cell that stores food and water

46
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Chloroplast

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Green Chlorophyll containing organelles found in plant cells. Site of photosynthesis

47
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Cell wall

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Found on the outside of plant cells gives plant it’s shape

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