Biology- Solo Notes

Question 1

What are three characteristics of all living things?

Answer 1

• Made of cells
• Need energy to survive
• Respond to Stimuli

Question 2

Define Stimuli

Answer 2

Anything that Causes a response

Question 3

What are Life Function?

Answer 3

A process in which help organisms survive

Question 4

List all 8 Life Functions

Answer 4

1. Growth
2. Reproduction
3. Nutrition
4. Respiration
5. Transport
6. Synthesis
7. Excretion
8. Regulation

Question 5

Growth is the increase in the amount of ______ pithing an organism.

Answer 5

Cells

Question 6

What is the outcome of reproduction?

Answer 6

The creation of new organs

Question 7

What are the two forms of reproduction?

Answer 7

• Asexual Reproduction

- Sexual Reproduction

Question 8

When one parent organism reproduces by itself, it is the _________ reproduction.

Answer 8

Asexual

Question 9

When two parents reproduce together, it’s called ______________ reproduction.

Answer 9

Sexual Reproduction

Question 10

What form of reproduction do bacteria usually undergo?

Answer 10

Asexual Reproduction

Question 11

_______ is the taking in of food (_________).

Answer 11

Nutrition, nutrients

Question 12

Define Nutrient

Answer 12

Any substance that promotes life and provides energy.

Question 13

Why are Nutrients important?

Answer 13

They promote life and produce energy

Question 14

What are the methods by which nutrients can be gained?

Answer 14

Organisms either create or ingest the nutrients

Question 15

Organisms that can make their own food?

Answer 15

Autotrophs

Question 16

Define Heterotrophs

Answer 16

Organisms that cannot make their own food.

Question 17

The breakdown of nutrients to get energy

Answer 17

Respiration

Question 18

Metabolism

Answer 18

The set of chemical reactions that maintain the life of an organism.

Question 19

What are the two metabolic processes?

Answer 19

• Digestion

- Cellular respiration

Question 20

State the function of Digestion.

Answer 20

Where nutrients are broken down into simpler forms that are easier for the organism to use.

Question 21

State the function of Cellular Respiration.

Answer 21

Using glucose and oxygen along with chemical reactions to produce energy from nutrients.

Question 22

_______________: in humans it involves, for example, the movement of nutrients from the stomach to the cells

Answer 22

Transport

Question 23

Synthesis

Answer 23

The use of energy to build more complex chemicals within the body, such as carbohydrates and protein.

Question 24

When an organism gets the energy it needs _________________.

Answer 24

it can create complex chemicals that perform various tasks.

Question 25

When a substance is not useful to the body, it is _______

Answer 25

Excreted

Question 26

Regulation

Answer 26

Organisms survive in changing environments by changing the conditions within their bodies.

Question 27

What is the purpose of homeostasis?

Answer 27

Maintains the stability of the body's internal environment

Question 28

How does adaption impact an organism's ability to survive in their environment?

Answer 28

It helps organisms create new traits to help survive it environment or prevent its survival

Question 29

Define Binomial Nomenclature.

Answer 29

A name with two terms

Question 30

Give examples of Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 30

``` Humans = Homo sapiens dogs = Canis familiars cats = falis catus ```

Question 31

State the function of lipids

Answer 31

Stores energy for an organism

Question 32

State the function to Carbohydrates.

Answer 32

Provides energy for an organism

Question 33

State the function to Protein.

Answer 33

Helps with the function of the body, including structure and regulation

Question 34

State the function of Nucleic Acids

Answer 34

Stores information that the body uses to make proteins.

Question 35

Enzymes

Answer 35

Molecules that affect the rate of chemical reactions..

Question 36

The ______ is the foundation of all life.

Answer 36

Cell

Question 37

Name the 3 principles that are true of all cells:

Answer 37

1. They make up all organisms (one or more cells). 2. The cell is the basic building block of the structure and function of life. 3. Every cell comes from another existing cell (cells divide to form new cells).

Question 38

Cells work together in groups called _________. These work together to form _______, like the heart and brain.

Answer 38

Tissues; Organs

Question 39

Organelles

Answer 39

The parts of a cell that each have different jobs.

Question 40

Functions of Organelles include...

Answer 40

- Producing energy - Make new proteins - destroy and digest objects

Question 41

_________ means "small organ."

Answer 41

Organelles