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22 Cards in this Set
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Spontaneous generation |
The theory that living things can develop from non living things |
Francesco Redi and Louis Pasteur |
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Homeostasis |
The maintenance of a stable environment |
When you get a fever this helps |
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Habitat |
The place where organisms can live |
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Asexual reproduction |
When a single parent produces offspring that are exactly like the parent |
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Sexual reproduction |
2 parents produce offspring that share characteristics of both parents |
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Enzyme |
Special proteins that speed up chemical reactions in a cell |
Type of protein |
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Stimulus |
A change that causes the activity of an organism to change. |
Change that... |
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Lipid |
A biochemical containing more hydrogen than oxygen |
Contains more blank than blank |
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Carbohydrate |
Compound of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
Compound of... |
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Nucleic acids |
Organic compounds that have genetic info and the info needed to make protein. |
Genetic information contained |
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Proteins |
Organic compounds found in all living things. Help build and repair cells |
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Molecule |
Particle consisting of 2 or more atoms chemically tied together |
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Characteristics that all living things have in common |
Have cells, sense and respond to change, have DNA, reproduce, use energy, grow and develop. |
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2 metabolic processes and describe |
1) digestion- we have stomach acids that break down and digest our food after we swallow it 2) excretion- after our food is nomen down, we execrete, or deposit it |
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What are the five basic needs of all living things |
Food, water, space, energy, gases |
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Difference between element and compound |
Elements cannot be broken into a simpler substance, but compound are made of 2 or more elements tied together. |
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2 examples of how responding to stimuli can help organisms. |
Squinting and when our pupils contract in the light. Our body temperature goes up when we have a fever. Don't forget to explain |
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What do proteins do in the body |
Build and repair cells, provide some energy, carry materials through the body. |
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What do nucleus acids do? |
Carry info important to make proteins |
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Difference between DNA and RNA |
DNA carries info to make proteins and genetic info about an organism. RNA reads the info |
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What kinds of compound contain carbon? |
Organic compounds |
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Spell DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
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