Organism Flashcards
Homeostasis
Dynamic equilibrium
Keeping yourself alive
Excretion
Process of getting rid of nitrogenous waste made from metabolic process
Like poop
Metabolism .
Chemical reactions to supply energy
What helps keep your weight down
Reproduction
Creating new members of the species
How to species stays alive
Synthesis
To combine simple substances into larger substances
Like photo synthesis
Gas exchange
The process of obtaining oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide
Stimuli
Action that causes a reaction
Goosebumps
Heteroptera
Organism that needs to eat
Humans
Autotroph
Organism that makes its own food
Plants
Cell
Smallest unit of life
Tissue
Group of cells working together
Organ
Group of tissues working together
Organ system
Group of organs working together
Classification
To organize based on an established set of categories and characteristics
Taxonomy
The study of classification
Dichotomous key
Chart with two options per level,used to classify organisms
