Similarities and

Differences Among Living

Organisms

Similarities and

Differences Among Living

Organisms

CELLS MUST USE ENERGY FROM ATP

TO TRANSPORT MOLECULES FROM

AREAS OF LOW CONCENTRATION

THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE TO AREAS OF HIGH

CONCENTRATION

CELLS MUST USE ENERGY FROM ATP

TO TRANSPORT MOLECULES FROM

AREAS OF LOW CONCENTRATION

THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE TO AREAS OF HIGH

CONCENTRATION

ACTIVE TRANSPORTACTIVE TRANSPORT

PROTEINS ARE DIGESTED TO

PRODUCE SMALLER MOLECULES KNOWN AS

PROTEINS ARE DIGESTED TO

PRODUCE SMALLER MOLECULES KNOWN AS

AMINO ACIDSAMINO ACIDS

BASIC UNITS OF STRUCTURE AND

FUNCTION IN LIVING ORGANISMS

BASIC UNITS OF STRUCTURE AND

FUNCTION IN LIVING ORGANISMS

CELLCELL

THE SEMI-PERMEABLE BILIPID THIN STRUCTURE THAT SURROUNDS

THE CELL

THE SEMI-PERMEABLE BILIPID THIN STRUCTURE THAT SURROUNDS

THE CELL

CELL MEMBRANECELL MEMBRANE

BREAKING NUTRIENTS INTO

SMALLER UNITS TO RELEASE THE

CHEMICAL ENERGY STORED IN THEM

THROUGH A PROCESS KNOWN

AS

BREAKING NUTRIENTS INTO

SMALLER UNITS TO RELEASE THE

CHEMICAL ENERGY STORED IN THEM

THROUGH A PROCESS KNOWN

AS

CELLULAR RESPIRATION

CELLULAR RESPIRATION

A STRUCTURE CONTAINING THE GREEN PIGMENT CHLOROPHYLL

THAT CAPTURES LIGHT ENERGY TO

PRODUCE GLUCOSE FOOD FOR THE PLANT

A STRUCTURE CONTAINING THE GREEN PIGMENT CHLOROPHYLL

THAT CAPTURES LIGHT ENERGY TO

PRODUCE GLUCOSE FOOD FOR THE PLANT

CHLOROPLASTCHLOROPLAST

MOVEMENT OF MATERIALS INSIDE

A CELL OR BETWEEN PARTS

OF A MULTICELLULAR

ORGANISM

MOVEMENT OF MATERIALS INSIDE

A CELL OR BETWEEN PARTS

OF A MULTICELLULAR

ORGANISM

CIRCULATIONCIRCULATION

JELLY LIKE SUBSTANCE INSIDE A CELL THAT CONTAINS

SPECIALIZED STRUCTURES, TRANSPORTS

MATERIALS AND IS THE SITE OF MANY

CHEMICAL REACTIONS

JELLY LIKE SUBSTANCE INSIDE A CELL THAT CONTAINS

SPECIALIZED STRUCTURES, TRANSPORTS

MATERIALS AND IS THE SITE OF MANY

CHEMICAL REACTIONS

CYTOPLASMCYTOPLASM

BREAKING DOWN OF FOOD BOTH

MECHANICALLY & CHEMICALLY TO

PRODUCE MOLECULES SMALL ENOUGH TO PASS THROUGH CELL

MEMBRANES

BREAKING DOWN OF FOOD BOTH

MECHANICALLY & CHEMICALLY TO

PRODUCE MOLECULES SMALL ENOUGH TO PASS THROUGH CELL

MEMBRANES

DIGESTIONDIGESTION

MOVEMENT OF MOLECULES FROM

AREAS OF HIGH CONCENTRATION

TO AREAS OF LOW CONCENTRATION

THAT REQUIRES NO ENERGY

MOVEMENT OF MOLECULES FROM

AREAS OF HIGH CONCENTRATION

TO AREAS OF LOW CONCENTRATION

THAT REQUIRES NO ENERGY

DIFFUSIONDIFFUSION

SPECIAL PROTEINS USED TO EXTRACT

ENERGY FROM NUTRIENTS

SPECIAL PROTEINS USED TO EXTRACT

ENERGY FROM NUTRIENTS

ENZYMESENZYMES

REMOVAL OF METABOLIC WASTE

PRODUCED BY CELLS OF THE

BODY

REMOVAL OF METABOLIC WASTE

PRODUCED BY CELLS OF THE

BODY

EXCRETIONEXCRETION

MAINTAINING A STABLE INTERNAL

ENVIRONMENT

MAINTAINING A STABLE INTERNAL

ENVIRONMENT

HOMEOSTASISHOMEOSTASIS

CHEMICALS PRODUCED BY THE

ENDOCRINE GLANDS THAT CAUSE

CHANGES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE BODY

THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM’S METHOD

OF COMMUNICATION

CHEMICALS PRODUCED BY THE

ENDOCRINE GLANDS THAT CAUSE

CHANGES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE BODY

THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM’S METHOD

OF COMMUNICATION

HORMONEHORMONE

THE ABILITY TO RESIST DISEASETHE ABILITY TO RESIST DISEASE

IMMUNITYIMMUNITY

MOLECULES THAT DO NOT CONTAIN

BOTH CARBON AND HYDROGEN

MOLECULES THAT DO NOT CONTAIN

BOTH CARBON AND HYDROGEN

INORGANICINORGANIC

THE COMBINATION OF ALL THE CHEMICAL

REACTIONS THAT OCCUR IN AN ORGANISM

THE COMBINATION OF ALL THE CHEMICAL

REACTIONS THAT OCCUR IN AN ORGANISM

METABOLISMMETABOLISM

POD SHAPED ORGANELLE THAT

CONTAINS ENZYMES TO EXTRACT THE ENERGY FROM

NUTRIENTSaka THE

POWERHOUSE

POD SHAPED ORGANELLE THAT

CONTAINS ENZYMES TO EXTRACT THE ENERGY FROM

NUTRIENTSaka THE

POWERHOUSE

MITOCHONDRIAMITOCHONDRIA

THE STRUCTURE THAT CONTROL’S

THE CELL’S METABOLISM AND STORES GENETIC

INFORMATION

THE STRUCTURE THAT CONTROL’S

THE CELL’S METABOLISM AND STORES GENETIC

INFORMATION

NUCLEUSNUCLEUS

DIFFERENT TISSUES WORKING

TOGETHER TO PERFORM A LIFE

PROCESS FORM A

DIFFERENT TISSUES WORKING

TOGETHER TO PERFORM A LIFE

PROCESS FORM A

ORGANORGAN

SEVERAL ORGANS WORKING

TOGETHER TO PERFORM LIFE

PROCESSES

SEVERAL ORGANS WORKING

TOGETHER TO PERFORM LIFE

PROCESSES

ORGAN SYSTEMORGAN SYSTEM

SPECIALIZED STRUCTURES

WITHIN CELLS THAT PERFORM SPECIFIC LIFE MAINTENANCE

FUNCTIONS

SPECIALIZED STRUCTURES

WITHIN CELLS THAT PERFORM SPECIFIC LIFE MAINTENANCE

FUNCTIONS

ORGANELLEORGANELLE

MOLECULES THAT CONTAIN BOTH CARBON

& HYDROGEN WHICH INCLUDE ALL THE MAJOR

MOLECULES OF LIFE-

NUCLEIC ACIDS, CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS

& PROTEINS(aka MACROMOLECULES)

MOLECULES THAT CONTAIN BOTH CARBON

& HYDROGEN WHICH INCLUDE ALL THE MAJOR

MOLECULES OF LIFE-

NUCLEIC ACIDS, CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS

& PROTEINS(aka MACROMOLECULES)

ORGANICORGANIC

PROTEIN MOLECULES IN THE

CELLULAR MEMBRANE THAT

RECEIVE CHEMICAL MESSAGES FROM

OTHER CELLS

PROTEIN MOLECULES IN THE

CELLULAR MEMBRANE THAT

RECEIVE CHEMICAL MESSAGES FROM

OTHER CELLS

RECEPTOR MOLECULERECEPTOR MOLECULE

THE PROCESS OF USING OXYGEN TO

BREAK DOWN FOOD MOLECULES

TO RELEASE ENERGY

THE PROCESS OF USING OXYGEN TO

BREAK DOWN FOOD MOLECULES

TO RELEASE ENERGY

RESPIRATIONRESPIRATION

THE PROCESS BY WHICH ORGANISMS

PRODUCE NEW ORGANISMS OF THE SAME KIND

THE PROCESS BY WHICH ORGANISMS

PRODUCE NEW ORGANISMS OF THE SAME KIND

REPRODUCTIONREPRODUCTION

STRUCTURE IMPORTANT TO THE

PROCESS OF MAKING PROTEINS

STRUCTURE IMPORTANT TO THE

PROCESS OF MAKING PROTEINS

RIBOSOMERIBOSOME

THE DIGESTION OF STARCHES RESULTS IN…

THE DIGESTION OF STARCHES RESULTS IN…

SIMPLE SUGARSEXAMPLE- GLUCOSE

SIMPLE SUGARSEXAMPLE- GLUCOSE

COMBINING SIMPLE SUBSTANCES INTO

COMPLEX SUBSTANCES

COMBINING SIMPLE SUBSTANCES INTO

COMPLEX SUBSTANCES

SYNTHESISSYNTHESIS

GROUPS OF SPECIALIZED CELLS

GROUPED AND FUNCTION TOGETHER

GROUPS OF SPECIALIZED CELLS

GROUPED AND FUNCTION TOGETHER

TISSUETISSUE

STORAGE SACS WITHIN THE

CYTOPLASM- SOME STORE MATERIALS SUCH AS FOOD OR

WATER; SOME DIGEST FOOD & OTHERS PUMP

EXCESS OUT OF THE CELL

STORAGE SACS WITHIN THE

CYTOPLASM- SOME STORE MATERIALS SUCH AS FOOD OR

WATER; SOME DIGEST FOOD & OTHERS PUMP

EXCESS OUT OF THE CELL

VACUOLEVACUOLE