Topic to review before exam Flashcards
Common characteristic 1 that define life
Actively maintain organized complexity
Common characteristic 2 that define life
Acquire and use materials and energy
Common characteristic 3 that define life
Sense and respond to stimuli
Common characteristic 4 that define life
Grow
Common characteristic 5 that define life
Reproduce
Common characteristic 6 that define life
Evolve
Organisms are made of cells,
the basic units of life
Contain a variety of organelles, structures that carry out a different functions
Eukaryotic
Cells that lack membrane bound nucleus and organelles
Prokaryotic
Ability of an organism to maintain its internal environment
homeostasis
Control of body temperature in humans is a good example of
homeostasis
Binary fission
an asexual type of reproduction
Bacterial cell division occurs by a process known as
binary fission
Are viruses living?
No
Some atoms called what are so reactive that they can tear other molecules apart
Free radicals
