Module#1 Flashcards
The sum total of all processes in an organism which uses energy and simple chemicals building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life
Anabolism
The sum total of all processes in an organism which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy to sustain the organisms life function.
Metabolism
The sum total of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building block.
Catabolism
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.
Photosynthesis
Organisms that eat only plants
Herbivores
Organisms that eat only eat other organisms
Carnivores
Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms
Omnivores
Organisms that produce their own food
Producers
Organisms that eat living producers and/or consumers
Consumers
Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms
Decomposers
Organisms that are able to make their own food
Autotrophs
Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food
Heterotrophs
Special structures that allow living organisms to sense conditions of their internal or external environment
Receptors
Reproduction accomplished by a single organism
Asexual reproduction
The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent or parents to the offspring
Inheritance
An abrupt and marked change in DNA of an organism compared to that if it’s parents
Mutation
An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question
Hypothesis
A hypothesis that has been tested with significant amount of data
Theory
A theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data
Scientific law
Living creatures that are to small to see with the naked eye
Microorganism
The idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions
Abiogenesis
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Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
A cell that has no distinct membrane bound organelles
Prokaryotic cell
A cell with distinct membrane bounded organelles
Eukaryotic cell
A unit of one or more populations of individual that can reproduce under normal conditions produce fertile offspring and are reproductively isolated from other units
Species
The science of classifying organisms
Taxonomy
Naming an organism whith it’s genus and species name
Binomial nomenclature
