Anchor Summary
Earth is known to be the home of organisms of all sorts, which are created from tiny bacteria and into complex animals and plants. All organisms are composed of one or more cells with basic building blocks of life. A cell is the smallest living unit of any organism and has specific parts that allows to carry out life processes. And organism may be unicellular or multicellular. All organisms must obtain energy and maintain a stable internal state . All living organisms must have the ability to grow, reproduce and respond to stimuli in the environment as well. Organisms consists of cells which share several characteristics which are all essential to living. On the other hand, the plasma membrane forms and outside layer of a cell which separates the cell from its environment and exchanges material into the cell. While this happens, the cytoplasm fills the cell’s internal volume and the DNA stored the genetic information while the ribosomes (which are the smallest organelles) in the cell are found throughout the cytoplasm.
Earth is known to be the home of organisms of all sorts, which are created from tiny bacteria and into complex animals and plants. All organisms are composed of one or more cells with basic building blocks of life. A cell is the smallest living unit of any organism and has specific parts that allows to carry out life processes. And organism may be unicellular or multicellular. All organisms must obtain energy and maintain a stable internal state . All living organisms must have the ability to grow, reproduce and respond to stimuli in the environment as well. Organisms consists of cells which share several characteristics which are all essential to living. On the other hand, the plasma membrane forms and outside layer of a cell which separates the cell from its environment and exchanges material into the cell. While this happens, the cytoplasm fills the cell’s internal volume and the DNA stored the genetic information while the ribosomes (which are the smallest organelles) in the cell are found throughout the cytoplasm.
Vocabulary!
- A organism is a living thing, such as and animal, plant, fungus, protist or bacteria.
- A cell is the basic unit of life
- A unicellular organism, such as bacteria, has single cell to carry out life functions.
- Multicellular organisms such as animals and plants have trillions of cells with specialized functions within that organism’s life cycle. The cells work together to carry out the organism’s life functions.
- Homeostasis is the process of maintaining a stable internal environment.
- A plasma membrane is a molecular bilayer that encloses a cell
- DNA and RNA are both nucleic acids, biological macromolecules that act as blueprints to convey genetic information.
- Ribosomes are made up of protein and RNA. They are not enclosed by membranes.