Vocabulary & Notes for “Cells to Systems” Booklet (pages 1 & 2)

PROKARYOTIC

• Cells that do not have membrane-bound structures.

• Examples: archaebacteria and eubacteria

EUKARYOTIC

• Cells that have membrane-bound structures• Eukaryotic cells make up organisms in the Protist, Fungus, Plant, and Animal Kingdoms.

UNICELLULAR

• Shown is one type of unicellular organism

• Another type of unicellular organism

• Yet another type of unicellular organism

An organism made up of one cell

MULTICELLULAR

• An organism made up of more than one, often different, cells

AUTOTROPHIC

• An organism that is able to make its own food• (a.k.a. “producer”)

HETEROTROPHIC

• An organism that cannot make its own food.• (a.k.a. “consumer”)

REPRODUCTION

• Sexual or asexual process of an organism producing more of its own kind

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

• The reproductive process that involves one parentand produces offspring identical to the parent

FISSION

A type of asexual reproduction in which one celldivides to form two identical cells; occurs in

prokaryotic cells

BUDDING

A type of asexual reproduction in which anoffspring grows out of the parent organism

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

• The reproductive process involving two parents

whose genetic material is combined to produce

a new organism different from themselves

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

A type of sexual reproduction in which oneplant grows new plants that are genetically

identical to the parent plant

DOMAINS

All forms of life are classified into three domains, or groups, based on their characteristics

3 Domains

EukaryaArchaeaBacteria

- any eukaryote

- a prokaryote- many live in extreme environments

- a prokaryote- cannot live in extreme environments

6 KINGDOMS OF LIVING THINGS

• ARCHAEBACTERIA• EUBACTERIA• PROTISTA• FUNGI• PLANT• ANIMAL

KINGDOMS OF LIVING THINGSARCHAEBACTERIA and EUBACTERIA

PROTISTA

Made of one-celled organisms and simple many-celled organisms.

Examples: paramecium, amoeba (ameba), and euglena

FUNGUS

• Single or many-celled organisms that reproduce by spores. • (Examples: bracket fungi, mushrooms, molds)

PLANT

Multi-celled organisms that make their own foodthrough the process of photosynthesis.

I’m not a real plant, but don’t tell

Mario!

ANIMAL

• Multi-celled organisms that get energy by eating other organisms.