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a complete living thing
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Organism
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How many characteristics so organisms have in common? |
six |
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What is the cycle of an organism that includes birth, growth, reproduction, death?
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Life Span |
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organism |
Organisms can reproduce
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build more substances than it wears out |
Organisms can grow
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Organisms are made of these, the smallest living unit of an organism. |
Cells |
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the living material inside a cell |
Cytoplasm |
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made of only one cell |
Unicellular organisms |
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Organisms require this to maintain life
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energy |
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plants get energy from this |
Sun |
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Animals and humans get energy from?
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the food they eat |
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one life process that requires energy |
Movement |
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Organisms respond to this |
their environment |
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an example of responding to your environment |
bright light makes you blink your eyes |
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a complex organization of nonliving substances that is kept alive by using energy and having the characteristic of living things |
Physical life
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the condition of being alive |
Life |
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God compares it to physical life |
Spiritual life (Relationship to God) |
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Some cells are so specialized that they perform ____________ that no other cells can |
Functions |
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first to use the word "cell" |
Robert Hooke |
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What was seen of the inside of a cork when looked at under a microscope |
dead plant cells |
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all cells come from this |
pre-existing cells |
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product of these |
cells
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these are performed by the cells they are made of |
Functions
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all cells use this and when they stop using it, they die |
energy |
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elsewhere |
reproduce |
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basic parts of cells |
molecules |
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molecules are made of these |
atoms |
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What are the four basic types of molecules? |
carbohydrates, proteins, neclectic acids, lipids |
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Carbohydrates are? |
sugars and starches |
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Carbohydrates are made of? |
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
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the simplest and most common carbohydrate is the sugar called? |
glucose |
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lipids are? |
fats |
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what are some uses of lipids? |
energy storage and makes membranes |
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lipids are used to? |
help structure, help communication, and help transportation in cell membranes |
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molecules called? |
amino acids
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an enzyme is a protein that is a what? |
catalyst |
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living cells need to make these? |
proteins and maintain life
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two major types of nucleic acids are? |
DNA and RNA
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nucleic acids are made of smaller molecules called? |
nucleotides
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Nucleic acids code determines which of these will be in a protein |
amino acids
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to arrange things into groups |
classify |
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the science of classifying living things
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Taxonomy |
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the Modern Classification System was developed in the 1700s by who? |
Carolus Linnaeus |
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The 7 basic levels of the Modern Classification System from largest to smallest? |
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genes Species |
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