Mr. Wilmot’s Kick-ButtKeystone Exam Review

May 2014

CLUES!

1) All living things are made up of cell(s).

onion cellscheek cellscardiac cells leaf cells

parameciumeuglena

amoebabacterium

• CELL THEORY states that:

i) Living things are made up of ____ or _____ cells.

ii) All cells come from __________ cells.

iii) The cell is the basic unit of ___ .

one more

pre-existing

life

unicellular multicellular

are called __________.

and other _______________ organelles are called _________.

• Cells can come in TWO CATEGORIES:

i) Cells that contain a ___________membrane bound eukaryotic

ii) Cells that have DNA which is NOT surrounded by a _________ and which have no _______________ organelles prokaryotic

membrane bound

membrane

true nucleus

CLUES!

2) All living things reproduce.

• The main PURPOSE of reproduction is to produce ________ which ensures ______ continuity from

generation to generation.

• There are two MAIN TYPES of reproduction:

a) The type involving ______ and ____

offspring genetic

sexual

b) The type NOT involving sperm and egg is called _______ reproduction.

asexual

eggsperm

gametes

(otherwise known as_______ ) is called ______ reproduction.

CLUES!

3) All living things move.

a) ______ growth movements are ______________ responses to stimuli.

b) ______ growth movements are __________ responses to stimuli.

• Organisms that are free moving (can move on their own) exhibit movement called __________.

non-directionalTropic

locomotion

• Organisms that are NOT free moving exhibit movements called ________________growth movements

Nasticdirectional

nastic movements in mimosas

thigmotropism in vines

phototropism in pinto beans

nastic movements in lungworts

of which there are TWO TYPES:

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4) All living things acquire and use energy.

They must ________ other organisms for energy.

along with the energy found in _______

• ACQUIRING energy can be done in two major ways:

a) Some organisms called __________

b) Some organisms called ____________heterotrophs

photosynthesis

chlorophyll

autotrophs

sunlight

consume

can MAKE their own glucose using a green pigment called __________

in a process called _____________.

CANNOT make their own glucose.

which can be divided into two branches:

• USING energy is done through ________________ within the cells of an organism.

• The sum of these chemical reactions is called an organism’s __________metabolism

small and simple

molecules

large and complex

molecules

ii) _________ is the BREAK DOWN of large and complex molecules into small and simple ones.

Catabolismi) _________ is the BUILDING UP of large and complex molecules from small and simple ones.

Anabolism

chemical reactions

CLUES!

5) All living things grow and develop.

which involves gaining more ______ (the liquid) and _________ (the machinery of the cell).

• For a unicellular organism to grow and develop, it must increase the volume of its _________, cytoplasm

cell growth and division

cytosol organelles

• For a multicellular organism to grow and develop, it must undergo cell _______ and ____________ . division specialization

Cells specialize into different types of tissues.

CLUES!

6) All living things have levels of organization.

molecule

atom

macro-molecule

organelle

cell

tissues

organ

organ system

organism

CLUES!

7) All living things contain genetic information.

However, viruses do not exhibit some of the other characteristics of life, and are therefore classified as ________ .

• This genetic information comes in the form of a molecule called ____

• Viruses also contain genetic information in the form of DNA or ____ (in retroviruses).

deoxyribonucleic acid

DNA

RNA

non-living

DNA

which stands for ___________________.

CLUES!

8) All living things respond to their environment.

wintersummer

water

goldenrod goldenrod gall

goldenrod gall fly goldenrod gall fly larvae

• These changes may be in their _______ environment or their _______ environment.

• All living things respond to _______ (stimuli) in their environment.

changes

internalexternal

InsulinResponse

• This response to change brings the organism back to equilibrium or ___________homeostasis constant which is a ________ internal state.

CLUES!

9) All living things adapt and evolve.

whale evolution

that allow them to SURVIVE and REPRODUCE better than others are said to have more ______ .

which he called ______________.

came up with a mechanism for ________• The British naturalist named _____________

• Individuals with traits or __________

• Due to random _________ in DNA, individuals will differ in genetically determined traits.

Charles Darwinevolution

natural selection

mutations

fitness

adaptations