Honors Biology Unit 1 Flashcards
(18 cards)
What is a Biosphere?
All the diffrent ecosystems that make up the planet Earth.
What are the diffrent ecosystems that make up the planet Earth.
Biosphere
What is a Atom
The fundamental building block of a chemical element.
What is the fundamental building block of a chemical element.
Atom
What is a Organism?
An individual living thing, cna be unicellular or multicellular.
What is an individual living thing, can be unicellular or multicellular.
Organism
What is PMC?
Program, Metabolism, Container
What is Program, Metabolism, Container
PMC
What is a key element of a non-living thing?
Does not need to reproduce, evolve, or metabolize.
What does not need to reproduce, evolve, or metabolize.
Non-Living thing
What does structure determine?
It determines somethings function.
What determines somethings function.
Structure
Define Structure
How somthing is made (What something is composed of) ex: shape, matereals
How somthing is made (What something is composed of) ex: shape, matereals
Structure
Define Function
The purpose that the structure serves. ex: how something works
The purpose that the structure serves. ex: how something works
Function
If somethings structure changes what will follow
The function will always change
