Needs of Living Things Flashcards
1
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Autotrophs
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↠Can make their own food
↠Ex: plants, some protists, and some bacteria
2
Q
Heterotrophs
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↠Can’t make their own food
↠Ex: all organisms that can’t do photosynthesis
3
Q
Energy
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↠Living things get energy that is stored in “food”
5
Q
Homeostasis
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↠The maintenance of stable internal conditions in organisms
↠Ex: Human body temp. is 98.6 °F/ 37 °C
↠Ex: A barnacle can keep its body moist until the next high tide
6
Q
Metabolism
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↠Sum of all chemical reactions in an organism
7
Q
Organism
A
↠Any living thing
8
Q
Water
A
↠Dissolves chemicals
↠Needed for most chemical reactions
↠Gets nutrients to cells
↠Dissolves waste
9
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Living Space
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↠All organisms need food, water, and shelter in their environment.
↠Organisms can share the same space or the can compete for space.
