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 SEMIPERMEABLE
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 LIFENUCLEIC 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
EXAMPLEGLUCOSE
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