Science : The basis of life Flashcards
Give examples of living forms of life forms
- Jellyfish
- Sprouts
- Tree (If alive)
- Cells
- Seed (Embryo of plants)
- Shelf fungi
- Egg (If alive)
- Coral
Give examples of non-living life forms
- Hair
- Tree (If dead)
- Viruses (Don’t do anything on their own)
- Prion proteins
- Robot
- Proteins (Organic, simple, molecules)
What are the five criteria used to determine whether or not something is alive
- Living things need energy
- Living things produce waste
- Living things respond and adapt to their environment
- Living things reproduce
- Living things grow
Why are the 5 criteria not universally agreed upon by scientists?
There are additional things like movement, breathing and other things that are included in other people criteria to determine whether or not something is alive
What two creatures are especially problematic to define as living or non-living? Why?
Viruses
- Can’t replicate
- Can make us sick
- Needs a host (To perform life functions)
- Doesn’t use energy on their own
Prion
- Simple molecules
- Needs a host (To perform life functions)
What does the word abiogenesis mean?
A - Not
Bio - Life
Genesis - Origin
What is the other term for abiogenesis
Spontaneous generation
- Early philosophers like Aristotle (384-322 BCE) observed situations where it seemed living things arose from nothing.
How did Redi’s meat and maggots disprove the idea of abiogenesis? What year was it?
There was no spontaneous generation, the meat that wasn’t covered had to of been exposed to flys in the environment to grow the maggots.
1626 - 1697
How did Pasteur’s Swan-necked flask disprove the video of abiogenesis? What year was it?
“Active principle” in the air that caused things to go bad must be living organisms
1822 - 1895
The idea that life arises only from life was first proposed by … in …?
Rudolf Virchow in 1858
What were Robert Hooke’s cell theory and conclusions? What was the year?
- 1635 - 1703
- Looked through early 30x microscopes
- Looked at a thin slice of bark from Oaktree
Published his drawings
- Looks at plant cell wall of dead plants
- Discovered cells
- Reminded him of rooms where monks live
What were Antony van Leeuwenhoek’s cell theory and conclusions? What was the year?
- 1673 - 1723
- Inspired by Robert Hooks drawings
- Studied blood, cells, pond water and teeth scrapings
- Spotted “animalcules” moving on teeth
- One of the first observations of single celled organisms
Wrote about his work
- His observations were thought to explain the basis of life
What were Jacob Schleiden cell theory and conclusions? What was the year?
- 1804 - 1881
- All plants are made of cells
- Young cells have nuclei
New cells develop from nuclei
What were Theodor Schwann’s cell theory and conclusions? What was the year?
- 1810 - 1822
- Animal cells look different from plant cells but also have small spots
Small spots = nuclei
- Animal tissue must have nuclei
What is a theory in science?
Carefully thought out explanation or observations in the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method. Bring together many facts + hypothesis
What is a scientific method?
Systematic observations, measurement and experiment and the formation, testing and modification of hypothesis
What is a scientific method?
Systematic observations, measurement and experiment and the formation, testing, and modification of hypothesis
Three components of modern cell theory are:
a. All organisms are composed of one or more cells
b. The cell is the smallest functional unit of life
c. All cells are produced from other cells
What is the manipulated variable?
Changed by the scientist b/c it is what’s being tested
What is the responding variable?
Remains the same throughout the experiment
