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| What is biology? | the study of living things |
| What is another name for living things? | organisms |
| What 3 ways do we distinguish animals and plants? | Movement, Food, Cell Walls |
| What is photosynthesis? | A process requiring chlorophyll used by plants to change energy in sunlight to glucose and oxygen |
| How are animal cells and plant cells different? | Animal cells do not have a cell wall, only a membrane. |
| What are invertebrates? | Animals without a backbone-97% of animals |
| What are vertebrates? | Animals with backbones |
| Give some examples of invertebrates | jellyfish, insects, earthworms, slugs, beetles, shellfish |
| Give some examples of vertebrates. | mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs, fish |
| What are the seven characteristics of living things? | movement, respiration, sensitivity, feeding, excretion, reproduction, growth |
| What does a cell membrane do? | It surrounds the cell and helps to keep the contents in place |
| What does a nucleus do? | It contains the genes that control inherited characteristics. |
| What is cytoplasm? | The watery fluid between the nucleus and the cell membrane. |
| What is a cell wall? | Something only plant cells have which is made of cellulose and strengthens the cell wall. |
| What is a vacuole? | Used to store substances like food, waste and water. |
| What is a chloroplast? | Contains the green pigment chlorophyll used during photosynthesis. |
| What is a tissue? | A group of similar cells which carry out the same function. |
| What is an organ? | A structure that contains two or more tissues working together. |
| What is a system? | A number of organs working together. |
| What is an organism? | A living thing composed of a number of systems. |
