definitions

Cards (7)

  • Cell:
    the smallest basic unit of an animal or plant; it’s microscopic and acts as a building block
  • organelle:
    a subcellular structure that has one or more specific job(s) to perform in the cell
  • organ:
    a structure made up of a group of tissues working together to perform a specific function
  • organ system:
    a group of organs with related functions working together to perform a body function
  • organism:
    a living thing that has an organised structure, can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, adapt and maintain homeostasis
  • tissue:
    a group of cells with similar structures working together to perform a shared function
  • binarry fission:
    happens inside an individual bacterium, the DNA replicates, then the cell divides into two, with each daughter cell containing a copy of the parental DNA