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What are the 7 Characteristics which make a thing living?
MovementRespirationSensitivity GrowthReproductionExcretionNutrition
All organisms begin small and get larger
Growth
Organisms pick up information about changes in their environment, and react
Sensitivity
Organisms remove unwanted metabolic waste products
Excretion
All organisms are able to make new organisms the same species as themselves
Reproduction
All organisms take in substances from their environment and use them
Nutrition
All organisms break down Glucose and other substances in their cells to release energy that they can use
Respiration
Define Unicellular. And give an example of a unicellular organism
Made of only 1 cell. Bacteria
A ____________ is a picture made using a microscope and a ________________ is a picture made using a light microscope
micrograph. photomicrograph
This type of microscope allows the most detail to be seen
Electron
What is the equation for calculating magnification
magnification = size in photograph/ size of actual object
A light microscope can magnify up to how many times?
X1500
All cells have a __________ around the cell
Cell Membrane
Jelly like substance inside cell
Cytoplasm
All the small structures inside cytoplasm
Organelles
What is a partially permeable membrane?
Lets some things in but not others
