Alexandria Nguyen

Characteristics of Organisms

Prokaryotic cells are cells that do not have a true

nucleus or most other cell organelles. Organisms
that have prokaryotic cells are unicellular.
Bacteria and archaea are prokaryotes. Prokaryotic
cells can be contrasted with eukaryotic cells,
which are more complex.
A eukaryote is an organism with complex cells or a
single cell with complex structures. In these cells, the
genetic material is organized into chromosomes in the
cell nucleus.

* Animals, plants,
algae, and fungi are
all eukaryotes. There
are also eukaryotes
amongst single-
celled protists.

*Prokaryote cells
reproduce really fast
due to their small
size.

Asexual reproduction occurs when an organism Sexual reproduction is the process in which new organisms
makes more of itself without exchanging genetic are created, by combining the genetic information from two
information with another organism through sex. individuals of different sexes.

* Each parent contributes

*Most of the time
half of the genetic material
females can only
the offspring requires in
bear young.
the form of a gamete cell. A
gamete is a specialized sex
cell produced by each
parent for sexual
reproduction. The female
provides an egg, which is
fertilized by a male sperm
cell.
 Alexandria Nguyen

Characteristics of Organisms

A heterotroph is an animal that cannot make its own

In biology, the adjective unicellular
food supply, so they have to eat other things, like plants
describes an organism that has only one
or other animals, to survive.
single cell, like most kinds of bacteria.

*Valonia ventricosa is one

of the largest single
cell organisms in existence.
* Heterotrophs are also called 'other feeders,'
and because they need to consume energy to
sustain themselves, they are also known as
'consumers.'

An autotroph is any organism capable of self-

Something that's multicellular is a complex
nourishment by using inorganic materials as a
organism, made up of many cells. Humans are
source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or
multicellular. While single-celled organisms can't
chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most
usually be seen without a microscope, you can see
plants and certain bacteria and protists.
most multicellular organisms with the naked eye.

There are two types

of autotrophs: photoautotrophs,
which make energy from light, *In such organisms, cells are usually

and chemoautotrophs, which specialized. All the cells with the

make energy from chemicals. same function work together.