2018 Mod 1 Flashcards
Metabolism:
The sum total of all processes organisms which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy and matter to sustain the organism’s life functions
Anabolism:
The sum total of all processes in an organism which use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life.
Catabolism:
The sum total of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy into simple chemical building blocks
Photosynthesis:
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.
Herbivores:
Organisms that eat only plants.
Carnivores:
Organisms that eat only organisms other than plants.
Omnivores:
Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms.
Producers:
Organisms that produce their own food.
Consumers:
Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food
Decomposers:
Organisms that breakdown the dead remains of other organisms.
Autotrophs:
Organisms that are able to make their own food.
Heterotrophs:
Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food.
Receptors:
Special structures that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment
Asexual reproduction
Reproduction accomplish by a single organism
Sexual reproduction
Reproduction that requires two organisms
Inheritance
The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent or parents to the offspring.
Mutation
And abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of its parents
Hypothesis
And educated guess that attempts to explain in observation or answer a question
