Cell Bio - Exam 1 answers!!
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quality that distinguishes a vital functioning being
What is life?
from a dead body.
a live person has brain activity, we consider the
What is the quality of life? characteristics that vanish at death -- no brain
waves.
1. organization
2. energy used & metabolism
5 Qualities in combination constitution life: very
3. maintenance of internal constancy
important in living organisms
4. reproduction, growth, development
5. irrability, adaptaion, & natural selection
living matter consists of structures arganized in a
particular 3-dimensional relationship often following
What is Organization?
a pattern of structures, with in structures, within
structures.
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, Cell Bio - Exam 1 answers!!
1. unicellular- one single cell
All life consists of 2 types of cells:
2. multicellular- more than one cell, more advanced
a specialized part of the cell, subunits in the cells of
Organelle
more complex organisms
All life is built on a chemical foundation based on ELEMENTS: each of which is a unique type of
units called: matter
What is the smallest particle of an element that
an ATOM.
retains the property of that element?
Living things are composed of complex molecules: Organic Molecules - Carbon & Hydrogen
The ____ is the smallest unit of life cell
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Front Back
quality that distinguishes a vital functioning being
What is life?
from a dead body.
a live person has brain activity, we consider the
What is the quality of life? characteristics that vanish at death -- no brain
waves.
1. organization
2. energy used & metabolism
5 Qualities in combination constitution life: very
3. maintenance of internal constancy
important in living organisms
4. reproduction, growth, development
5. irrability, adaptaion, & natural selection
living matter consists of structures arganized in a
particular 3-dimensional relationship often following
What is Organization?
a pattern of structures, with in structures, within
structures.
Page 1 of 9 1 of 9
, Cell Bio - Exam 1 answers!!
1. unicellular- one single cell
All life consists of 2 types of cells:
2. multicellular- more than one cell, more advanced
a specialized part of the cell, subunits in the cells of
Organelle
more complex organisms
All life is built on a chemical foundation based on ELEMENTS: each of which is a unique type of
units called: matter
What is the smallest particle of an element that
an ATOM.
retains the property of that element?
Living things are composed of complex molecules: Organic Molecules - Carbon & Hydrogen
The ____ is the smallest unit of life cell
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