Cells Chapter 1

Taking in food; Eating.

• digestion
• metabolism
• ingestion
• excretion

A pure substance that can't be broken down into simpler substances.

• element
• compound
• protein
• stimulus

Compounds that come from living things.

• amino acids
• organic compounds
• enzymes
• ingestion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A nucleic acid that stores information needed to build a protein. Carries messages.

• comopund
• element
• DNA
• RNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The ability for an organism to keep conditions in its body the same, even though the conditions in the environment change.

• stimulus
• response
• element
• homeostasis

The process of getting rid of waste materials.

• digestion
• ingestion
• excretion
• respiration

The process by which food is broken down into simpler substances.

• response
• stimulus
• digestion
• excretion

The building blocks of proteins.

• amino acids
• enzymes
• carbohydrates
• nucleic acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The theory that life could come from nonliving matter.

• metabolism
• RNA
• reproduction
• spontaneous generation

When two of more elements are chemically combined.

• carbohydrate
• compound
• protein
• enzyme

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5