Similarities and Differences Among Living Organisms

CELLS MUST USE ENERGY FROM ATP TO TRANSPORT MOLECULES FROM AREAS OF LOW CONCENTRATION THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE TO AREAS OF HIGH CONCENTRATION

ACTIVE TRANSPORT

PROTEINS ARE DIGESTED TO PRODUCE SMALLER MOLECULES KNOWN AS

AMINO ACIDS

BASIC UNITS OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN LIVING ORGANISMS

CELL

THE SEMI- PERMEABLE BILIPID THIN STRUCTURE THAT SURROUNDS THE CELL

CELL MEMBRANE

BREAKING NUTRIENTS INTO SMALLER UNITS TO RELEASE THE CHEMICAL ENERGY STORED IN THEM THROUGH A PROCESS KNOWN AS

CELLULAR RESPIRATION

A STRUCTURE CONTAINING THE GREEN PIGMENT CHLOROPHYLL THAT CAPTURES LIGHT ENERGY TO PRODUCE GLUCOSE FOOD FOR THE PLANT

CHLOROPLAST

MOVEMENT OF MATERIALS INSIDE A CELL OR BETWEEN PARTS OF A MULTICELLULAR ORGANISM

CIRCULATION

JELLY LIKE SUBSTANCE INSIDE A CELL THAT CONTAINS SPECIALIZED STRUCTURES, TRANSPORTS MATERIALS AND IS THE SITE OF MANY CHEMICAL REACTIONS

CYTOPLASM

BREAKING DOWN OF FOOD BOTH MECHANICALLY & CHEMICALLY TO PRODUCE MOLECULES SMALL ENOUGH TO PASS THROUGH CELL MEMBRANES

DIGESTION

MOVEMENT OF MOLECULES FROM AREAS OF HIGH CONCENTRATION TO AREAS OF LOW CONCENTRATION THAT REQUIRES NO ENERGY

DIFFUSION

SPECIAL PROTEINS USED TO EXTRACT ENERGY FROM NUTRIENTS

ENZYMES

REMOVAL OF METABOLIC WASTE PRODUCED BY CELLS OF THE BODY

EXCRETION

MAINTAINING A STABLE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

HOMEOSTASIS

CHEMICALS PRODUCED BY THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS THAT CAUSE CHANGES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE BODY THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM’S METHOD OF COMMUNICATION

HORMONE

THE ABILITY TO RESIST DISEASE

IMMUNITY

MOLECULES THAT DO NOT CONTAIN BOTH CARBON AND HYDROGEN

INORGANIC

THE COMBINATION OF ALL THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS THAT OCCUR IN AN ORGANISM

METABOLISM

POD SHAPED ORGANELLE THAT CONTAINS ENZYMES TO EXTRACT THE ENERGY FROM NUTRIENTS aka THE POWERHOUSE

MITOCHONDRIA

THE STRUCTURE THAT CONTROL’S THE CELL’S METABOLISM AND STORES GENETIC INFORMATION

NUCLEUS

DIFFERENT TISSUES WORKING TOGETHER TO PERFORM A LIFE PROCESS FORM A

ORGAN

SEVERAL ORGANS WORKING TOGETHER TO PERFORM LIFE PROCESSES

ORGAN SYSTEM

SPECIALIZED STRUCTURES WITHIN CELLS THAT PERFORM SPECIFIC LIFE MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS

ORGANELLE

MOLECULES THAT CONTAIN BOTH CARBON & HYDROGEN WHICH INCLUDE ALL THE MAJOR MOLECULES OF LIFE- NUCLEIC ACIDS, CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS & PROTEINS (aka MACROMOLECULES)

ORGANIC

PROTEIN MOLECULES IN THE CELLULAR MEMBRANE THAT RECEIVE CHEMICAL MESSAGES FROM OTHER CELLS

RECEPTOR MOLECULE

THE PROCESS OF USING OXYGEN TO BREAK DOWN FOOD MOLECULES TO RELEASE ENERGY

RESPIRATION

THE PROCESS BY WHICH ORGANISMS PRODUCE NEW ORGANISMS OF THE SAME KIND

REPRODUCTION

STRUCTURE IMPORTANT TO THE PROCESS OF MAKING PROTEINS

RIBOSOME

THE DIGESTION OF STARCHES RESULTS IN…

SIMPLE SUGARS EXAMPLE- GLUCOSE

COMBINING SIMPLE SUBSTANCES INTO COMPLEX SUBSTANCES

SYNTHESIS

GROUPS OF SPECIALIZED CELLS GROUPED AND FUNCTION TOGETHER

TISSUE

STORAGE SACS WITHIN THE CYTOPLASM- SOME STORE MATERIALS SUCH AS FOOD OR WATER; SOME DIGEST FOOD & OTHERS PUMP EXCESS OUT OF THE CELL

VACUOLE