Rewis Chapter 4 - Part 1

Front 1

An ____________ is a complete living thing.

Back 1

organism

Front 2

The five characteristics of living things: 1 2 3 4 5

Back 2

1)living things grow and develop,
2)living things reproduce,
3) living things respond to their environment,
4)living things use energy, and
5)living things are made of cells

Front 3

The process of birth, growth, reproduction and death is called the __ __ or the life cycle.

Back 3

life span

Front 4

______ is the first stage of life.

Back 4

Birth

Front 5

Organisms that reproduce are called _____________.

Back 5

parents

Front 6

Organisms respond to their environment to: 1) and 2)

Back 6

1)to protect themselves and
2)to gain an advantage such as food

Front 7

An important part of responding to the environment is the ability to ______.

Back 7

movement or to be able to move

Front 8

Plants are respond to the sun by___________________.

Back 8

growing towards the light and water

Front 9

____________ is the ability to do work.

Back 9

energy

Front 10

One of the laws of nature states that changing one form of energy to another form of energy is not efficient. Therefore when organisms convert energy from one form to anther, they produce _________.

Back 10

waste

Front 11

All living things are made of ____.

Back 11

cells

Front 12

In 1665, __ ____ examined a small piece of cork with a microscope he invented.

Back 12

Robert Hooke

Front 13

How did Hooke come up with the name "cells" for what he saw?

Back 13

When Hooke looked at the dead cork, the cells were empty and he thought they looked like empty chambers.

Front 14

______ is the term used to describe the smallest unit of a living organisms.

Back 14

cell

Front 15

In 1938, two German scientists, ________ and ____________ identified plants and animals cells under the microscope.

Back 15

Schwann and Schleiden

Front 16

________ is an instrument that uses lenses to magnify objects hundreds or thousands of times.

Back 16

microscope

Front 17

Many people credit the Dutch inventor _______ with inventing the first microscope.

Back 17

Jensen

Front 18

___________ was a Dutch scientist created a more powerful microscope he used to study tiny creatures in water.

Back 18

Leeuwenhoek

Lee u wen hoek

Front 19

A ___ is a tiny unit of living material surrounded by a thin membrane.

Back 19

cell

Front 20

Many organisms consist of only one cell; they are called ______.

Back 20

unicellular

Front 21

Organisms with millions of cells are called ____.

Back 21

multicellular

Front 22

Multicellular organisms have cells that are ________, or have special jobs.

Back 22

specialized

Front 23

A group of cells that work together to perform a specific job are called ___.

Back 23

tissue

Front 24

Tissues that work together to form _______.

Back 24

organs

Front 25

Organs also work together to form ______________.

Back 25

systems

Front 26

The _________ is an organ.

Back 26

heart