Intro to Bio

Characteristics of Life

  • All living things:

    • Have cells

    • Have DNA

    • Reproduce

    • Grow and develop

    • Maintain homeostasis

    • Obtain energy and release waste

    • Evolve/Change over time

    • Respond to stimuli

    • Undergo gas exchange

Scientific Terminology

  • Autotroph - an organism that produces its own food

  • Biogenesis -

  • Prokaryote - single-celled organism; a cell that has no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles

  • Epidermis - the outer layer of the skin

  • Spermatogenesis - the process by which sperm cells are produced in the male reproductive organs

  • Cytoskeleton -

  • Abiotic - nonliving

  • Aerobic - requires oxygen

  • Ectotherm -

  • Hemophilia -

  • Endocytosis -

  • Insecticide - a substance that destroys insects

  • Anaerobic - does not require a lot of oxygen

  • Bilateral -

  • Endotherm -

  • Subspecies - a small, distinct species within a species

  • Arthropod - an organism that has jointed feet

  • Eukaryote - a multi-celled organism with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles

  • Hypothermia - a condition where bodily processes shut down from excessive exposure to low temps

  • Photosynthesis - the process plants and some other organisms use to convert sunlight, gas, and nutrients into food and oxygen

Prefix

Meaning

Prefix

Meaning

Suffix

Meaning

a- or an- 

Not, non, without

homeo- or homo-

Same

-ase

enzyme

aero-

Need oxygen or air

hydro-

Water

-cellular

Relating to cells

amphi-

Both, doubly

hyper-

Higher, over

-cide

Kill, killer, killing

anti-

Against

hypo-

Lower, below, under

-cyst

Pouch, sack

aqua-

Water

intra-

Within, inside

-derm

Skin

arche-

Ancient, old

iso-

Equal, same

-gen or -genesis

Producing, origin, begin

arth-

Joint, jointed

lys-

Break, to cut

-itis

Inflammation

auto-

Self

macro-

Large

-kary

Nucleus

bi- or di-

Double, two

meso-

Middle

-logy

Study of

bio-

Life

micro-

Small

-meter

Measurement

cephal-

Head

mono-

One

-morph

Form

chloro-

Green

multi-

Many

-ose

sugar

chromo-

Color

photo-

Light

-phase

Stage

cyto-

Cell

phyto-

Relating to plants

-phage

Eater

eco-

House, dwelling

plasm-

Forming substance

-philic

Love

ecto- or exo-

Outside

poly-

Many

-phobic

Fear

endo-

Inside

pro-

Before

-phyll

Leaf

epi-

On outside, above, upon

quad-

Four

-pod or -ped 

Foot

eu-

True, normal

sub-

Lesser, below

-scope

Instrument for viewing

gastro-

Stomach

sym- or syn-

Together

-stasis

Balanced, stable

hemo-

Blood

tri-

Three

-synthesis

Make, put together

herb-

Plant

uni-

One

-therm

Heat

hetero-

Different

zoo-

Animals

-troph

Food

Data & Graphing

  • Pie Chart - used for presentations

  • Bar Graph - used to compare 2+ variables

  • Line Graph - used the track increases and decreases