organism
Individual living creature
characteristics that differentiate living and nonliving things
Order, Evolutionary Adaptation, Regulation, Energy Processing, Growth and Development, Response to the
Environment, and Reproduction
highly ordered structures are comprised of the basic unit of life which is the __________.
cell
evolutionary adaptation (or generational evolution)
smaller, genetic changes that allow for better survival of an organism
(T/F) Maintaining homeostasis is crucial so that living organisms can thrive
True
deviations from the optimal conditions requires ______________ _______________ and show not be
with adaptation
,regulatory processes
examples of regulatory processes
•shivering to generate body heat in humans
•regulation of blood flow through an organism
metabolism
sum of the biochemical reactions in a living organism
in order to sustain life, biochemical reactions are utilized to produce _______________.
energy
living organisms must obtain ______________ ________ or use metabolic processes to produce their
energy
biological fuel
,many prokaryotes use organic substances, metabolizing them via ____________________
____________________.
anaerobic respiration
plants use light to trap energy through the process of __________________.
photosynthesis
animals ingest food & use biomacromolecules as apart of anaerobic respiration to produce ________
________________ _______________.
ATP; cellular energy
the generation of new offspring is always accompanied by distinct _______________ & ____________
changes
growth; development
adaptation
a change or a process that allows an organism to become better suited for their environment
, stimulus
anything that causes an organism to respond
(T/F) Adaptations can be physical or behavioral
True
an example of a physical adaptation
a crab's hard shell
an example of a behavioral adaptation
a squirrel hibernating through the winter
sexual reproduction
involves the fusion of two gametes (one from each parent) that will unite and grow into a new offspring
asexual reproduction
gives rise to new offspring from a single organism
Individual living creature
characteristics that differentiate living and nonliving things
Order, Evolutionary Adaptation, Regulation, Energy Processing, Growth and Development, Response to the
Environment, and Reproduction
highly ordered structures are comprised of the basic unit of life which is the __________.
cell
evolutionary adaptation (or generational evolution)
smaller, genetic changes that allow for better survival of an organism
(T/F) Maintaining homeostasis is crucial so that living organisms can thrive
True
deviations from the optimal conditions requires ______________ _______________ and show not be
with adaptation
,regulatory processes
examples of regulatory processes
•shivering to generate body heat in humans
•regulation of blood flow through an organism
metabolism
sum of the biochemical reactions in a living organism
in order to sustain life, biochemical reactions are utilized to produce _______________.
energy
living organisms must obtain ______________ ________ or use metabolic processes to produce their
energy
biological fuel
,many prokaryotes use organic substances, metabolizing them via ____________________
____________________.
anaerobic respiration
plants use light to trap energy through the process of __________________.
photosynthesis
animals ingest food & use biomacromolecules as apart of anaerobic respiration to produce ________
________________ _______________.
ATP; cellular energy
the generation of new offspring is always accompanied by distinct _______________ & ____________
changes
growth; development
adaptation
a change or a process that allows an organism to become better suited for their environment
, stimulus
anything that causes an organism to respond
(T/F) Adaptations can be physical or behavioral
True
an example of a physical adaptation
a crab's hard shell
an example of a behavioral adaptation
a squirrel hibernating through the winter
sexual reproduction
involves the fusion of two gametes (one from each parent) that will unite and grow into a new offspring
asexual reproduction
gives rise to new offspring from a single organism
