biology
Chapter 2: Living Things and their Parts adaptation a trait that makes a living thing better able to survive cell the basic unit of all living things cell membrane the cell part that gives the cell shape and holds the cytoplasm cellular respiration the process by which food is broken down and energy is released cell wall the thick, outer covering outside the cell membrane centrioles cell parts that help with cell reproduction chloroplasts cell parts that contain the green pigment, chlorophyll chromosomes cell parts w/ information that determines which traits a living thing will have consumers living things that eat, or consume, other living things cytoplasm the clear, jellylike material between the cell membrane and the nucleus that make sup most of the cell devolvement all the changes that occur as a living thing grows diffusion the movement of a substance from where there is a large amount of it to where there is a small amount of it mitochondria cell parts that produce energy from food that has been digested nuclear membrane a structure that surrounds the nucleus and separates it from the rest of the cell nucleolus the cell part that helps make ribosomes nucleus the cell part that controls most of the cells activities organ a group a tissues that work together to do a job organism a living thing organ system a group of organs that work together to do a certain job osmosis the movement of water across a cell membrane producers living things that make, or produce, their own food reproduce to form offspring similar to the parents ribosomes cell parts where proteins are made tissue a group of similar cells that work together to carry out a special job vacuole a liquid-filled space that stores food, water, and minerals List and describe the 8 features common to all living things.