Glencoe Science Level Green – Chapter 8

Any living thing

the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the functions of life

The regulation of an organism's internal, life-maintaining condition despite changes in its environment

The two-word naming system that Linnaeus used to name various organisms

group of similar species.

evolutionary history of an organism, that is, how the organism has changed over time.Today, it is the basis for the classification of many organisms

first and largest category used to classify organisms

states that all organisms are made up of one or more cells, the cell is the basic unit of life, and all cells come from other cells.

rigid structure that encloses, supports, and protects the cells of plants, algae, fungi, and most bacteria

protective outer covering of all cells that regulates the interaction between the cell and the environment

constantly moving gelatin like mixture inside the cell membrane that contains heredity material and is the location of most of a cell's life processes.

small structure on which cells make their own proteins

structure in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell that can act as a storage site, process energy, move materials, or manufacture substances

All cellular activities are directed by it. Materials enter and leave the it through openings in its membrane. It contains long, threadlike, hereditary material made of DNA.

green, chlorophyll-containing, plant-cell organelle that captures light energy, which is used to make sugar.

cell organelle where food is broken down, which releases energy.

cytoplasmic organelle that moves materials around in a cell and is made up of a complex series of folded membranes; can be rough (with attached ribosomes) or smooth (without attached ribosomes).

organelles that sort and package cellular materials and transport them within the cell or out f the cell

group of similar cells that work together to do one job.

structure, such as the heart, made up of different types of tissues that all work together

group of organs working together to perform a certain function

strand of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coating.

living cell in which a virus can actively multiply or in which a virus can hide until activated by environmental stimuli