Basis Grade 5 Characteristics Of Life 9/23/15 (Part 1)

Front 1

Six rules (characteristics) of life:

1. Made of ___.

2. Obtain and use ____.

3. Grow and ___.

4. _____ to create offspring.

5. Respond to ____ in their environment.

6. ____ to their environment over many generations.

Back 1

1. cells

2. energy

3. develop

4. Reproduce

5. stimuli

6. Adapt

Front 2

A cell is the ____ unit of an organism that carries on the ____ of life.

Back 2

smallest

functions

Front 3

A prokaryote is an organism that is usually ____-____ and does not have ___-____ organelles or nucleus.

Back 3

single-celled

membrane-bound

Front 4

The main groups of unicellular organisms are: (5)

Back 4

1. Bacteria

2. Archaea

3. Protozoa

4. Unicellular algae

5. Unicellular fungi

Front 5

A Eukaryote is an organism that is usually ____-____, has ___-___ organelles and a ___ nucleus.

Back 5

multi-cellular

membrane-bound

true

Front 6

Strangly, many ______ organisms can be Eukaryotes.

Back 6

unicellular

Front 7

All multicellular organisms are Eukaryotes including ___, ___ and ____.

Back 7

animals

plants

fungi

Front 8

Prokaryote means ____ nucleus.

Eukaryote means ___ nucleus.

Back 8

before

true

Front 9

Both Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes have: (4)

Back 9

DNA

Ribosomes

Plasma

Membrane

Front 10

Prokaryotes have a ___ ____ chromosome.

Eukaryotes have ___ ____ chromosomes.

Back 10

single circular

multiple linear

Front 11

Prokaryotes lack ___ and ____, while Eukaryotes have ___(same)___ and __(same)__.

Back 11

organelles

nucleus

Front 12

Eukaryotes evolved from ______, and they are ___ and more ____.

Back 12

prokaryotes

larger

compact

Front 13

Name the blanks

Back 13

Front 14

An organism is an individual ____, ____ or ___-___ life form.

Back 14

plant

animal

single celled

Front 15

____ create their own food for energy, creating molecules using _____ metabolism.

Back 15

Producers

anabolic

Front 16

Producers are also called _______. They obtain energy from the ____ using ___ or ____.

Back 16

autotrophs

environment

photosynthesis

chemosynthesis

Front 17

________ _______ builds up small units into larger molecules for use. They obtain energy from _____ _____ _____.

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anabolic metabolism

other living things

Front 18

______ have to eat their food for energy, then digest it using catabolic metabolism. They are also called ____.

Back 18

Consumers

heterotrophs

Front 19

____ ____ breaks down larger units to smaller ones for use.

Back 19

Catabolic metabolism

Front 20

All living things get _____ and more ____

throughout the organisms life.

(not sure about that)

Back 20

larger

complex

Front 21

Changes that take place over the life of an organism are called _____

Back 21

development

Front 22

Take raw material and ___ to make more ___.

(not sure what the point is here)

Back 22

carbon

cells

Front 23

Cells come from ____.

Back 23

cells

Front 24

Organisms ____ as they grow.

Back 24

change

Front 25

When a single parent organism reproduces by itself it is called ____ ____.

Back 25

asexual reproduction

Front 26

When two different parent organisms contribute genetic information it is called

Back 26

sexual reproduction

Front 27

____ contain hereditary information. They are composed of ___.

Back 27

Genes

DNA

Front 28

All living things have a ____ _____ which is passed on from parent to offspring.

Back 28

genetic code

Front 29

Reproduction may take only __ ____ from some bacteria or _____ ____ for larger organisms.

Back 29

20 minutes

several years

Front 30

Without reproduction, all living things would __ ___ ____.

Back 30

no longer exist

Front 31

to be continued ......

Back 31

when the rest of the packet is filled in.