life science Flashcards
study of life
biology
basic unit of life
cell
reproduce sexually or asexually & pass along traits
organism
reactions to ibternal & external stimuli
responses
required for all life process
energy
balance; keeps internal conditions stable by a process
homeostasis
single-celled anumal like organism
protozoans
1683 biologist discovers single-celled, animal like organism
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
1665 observes cork & names the tiny chamber he sees cells
Robert Hooke
1838 German scientist, studied plant tissues & concluded that all plants are composed of cells
Matthias Schleiden
1839 German scientiest, animal tissues consisted of individual cells
Theodor Schwann
1855 Prussian physician, proposed all cells are produced from the division of existing cells
Rudolph Virchow
basic structural & functional unit of all living organism
cell