What Is Life Flashcards
Response
A action or change in behavior
Asexual reproduction
Only one parent that produces an offspring
Sexual reproduction
Two parents combine their genes to make an offspring and that offspring has genes of both parents
Autotrogh
Organisms that make their own food
Heterotrophs
Organisms that can’t make their own food
Homeostasis
The maintenance of stable internal conditions
Stimulus
Change in ten organisms surroundings hat causes it to react
Chromosomes
A threadlike structure within a cell’s nucleus that contains DNA that is passed from one generation to the next.
Double helix
The shape of a DNA molecule.
Nitrogen bases
Molecules that contain nitrogen and other elements.
Adenine
Nitrogen bases
Thymine
Nitrogen bases
Guanine
Nitrogen bases
Cytosine
Nitrogen bases
Gene
A sequence of DNA that determines a trait and is passed from parent to offspring.