Zoology Quiz 1 Flashcards
What are the four things all living things can do?
- Digestion
- Respiration
- Reproduction
- Osmo regulation
What is digestion?
a breakdown of larger molecules to smaller and their subsequent distribution; digestion & absorption
What are the two types of digestion?
chemical & mechanical digestion
What is chemical digestion?
secreting an enzyme; molecular that molecularly that breaks connections protein & amino acids
What is mechanical digestion?
physically breaking down the larger molecules
What nutrients do we want? What happens to them?
sugars, proteins, carbohydrates, & fats; they usually get broken down into smaller atoms for raw building materials for the human body
What is respiration?
the diffusion of oxygen in and carbon oxide out of a cell of energy production
What is the end goal of respiration?
ATP
What is diffusion?
a process that happens randomly when there are areas of high concentration and low concentration
What does respiration move across in a unicellular membrane?
plasma membrane
What happened to oxygen inside the cell?
-turns into CO2 &H2O
-creates a gap, constantly losing oxygen in the cell called the diffusion gradient
- as oxygen leaves the cell, oxygen goes back in automatically
What is sexual reproduction?
the sending & receiving of genetic material to form a third organism
Where does sexual reproduction occur?
monoecious & dioecious organisms
What are monoecious creatures?
include both female and male reproductive organs
What are dioecious species?
sex is separate
What are autotrophs?
make food through using photosynthesis, creating energy through an alternative source
What are heterotrophs?
digest other things
What is phagocytosis?
eating solid foods, cell eating
What is pinocytosis?
eating of liquid solids, cell drinking
What are phagotrophs?
unicellular that operate via phagocytosis