Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
8 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
All living things are based on a universal genetic code.
|
Example: humans and chimpanzees are 99.9 percent identical in their DNA
Exception: In 1979, exceptions to the universal code were found in mitochondria, the tiny energy factories inside cells. |
|
|
All living things grow and develop.
|
Example: I was 19 inches long when I was born, Now that I am 15 I am 5'10"
Exception: Crystals, which are considered non-living , grow in a physical sense of enlargement through physical and chemical processes. |
|
|
All living things respond to their environment.
|
Example: Tropism in sunflowers....tracking the sun.
Exception: When I clap at a dust bunny it moves....haha is a dust bunny alive? |
|
|
All living things are made up of cells.
|
Example: Hair is made up of cells which receives commands from the brain to grow.
Exception: viruses have genetic material but are not made up of cells. Are viruses living? |
|
|
All living things reproduce.
|
Example: My meer cat had sex with a random male black cat and produced 6 kittens.
Exception: Viruses (which are considered non-living) can reproduce inside a cell of living organisms.Computer viruses can also reproduce. |
|
|
All living things maintain a stable environment (homeostasis)
|
Example: When my pH gets too high or low buffers kick into gear to make my pH stable.
. Exception: Water, which is considered non-living, has high heat capacity which means it takes a lot of heat to change its temperature....kind of like homeosasis. |
|
|
All living things get and use material and energy (metabolism)
|
Example: In the morning I eat oatmeal with yogurt,honey, fruit, nuts and cinnamon. It helps me think better
Exception: Antarctic macroalgae at 0 °C |
|
|
All living things as a group evolve.
|
Example: Humans evolved from Australopithecus (Lucy).
Exception: The plow (which is considered non-living) evolved from dragging sticks through a field into the modern plow. |
