Chapter 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Organism
Any individual living thing
Biosphere
All living things and the parts of earth where they exist
Biodiversity
Variety of life
Species
One particular type or living organism that can reproduce and produce fertile offspring
4 characteristics organisms share
Cells
Need for energy
Response to environment
Reproduction and development
Cell
Basic unit of life
Energy
The ability to cause a change or do work
Metabolism
All of the chemical processes that build up or break down materials
Autotrophs producers
Organism that gets their energy from non living resources
Heterotrophs consumers
Organism that get thier energy by eating other living things or once living resources
Stimulus
Something that causes a physoclogical response
Reproduction
A process that makes new organisms from parent organisms
4 unifying Themes of bio
All levels of life have systems of related parts
Structure and function are related in bio
Organisms must maintain homeostasis to survive in diverse environment
Evolution explain unity and diversity in life
Ecosystem
All of the living organisms and non living components in a geographic area
Community
A group of different species that live together in the same geographic area
Population
A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area
Homeostasis
Is the maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism
Evolution
The change in living things over time
Adaptation
A beneficial inherited trait that is passed to future generations
Biology
the scientific study of all life forms
