TERM 1
Characteristics of living organisms
DEFINITION 1
Consists of one or mote cells, contain genetic info, use
genetic info to reproduce themselves, are genetically related
and have evolved, can convert molecues from their
environment into new biological molecules, can extract
energy from the environment and use it to do biological
work, can regulate their internal environment
TERM 2
Cell Theory
DEFINITION 2
Cells are the basic structural and physiological units of all
living things. All cells come from preexisting cells, all cells
are similar in chemical composition, most of the chemical
reactions of life occur within cells, complete sets of genetic
info are replicated and passed on during cell division.
TERM 3
Evolution by natural selection
DEFINITION 3
-Darwin. Humans select for desired traits when breeding
animals, could occur through differential survival, leads to
adaption
TERM 4
DNA
DEFINITION 4
The info that is passed from parent to daughter cells,
repeating subunits call nucleotides
TERM 5
Gene
DEFINITION 5
A specific segment of DNA molecule, contains info for making
proteins
