1 a Characteristics of living organisms

Question 1

What are the criteria for living organisms

Answer 1

Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Control
Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition

Question 2

How is nutrition carried out in plants

Answer 2

Via Photosynthesis
Autotroph

Question 3

How is nutrition carried out in animals

Answer 3

Via digestion
Heterotroph

Question 4

3 examples of autotrophs

Answer 4

Plants, some bacteria, algae

Question 5

3 examples of heterotrophs

Answer 5

Animals, most bacteria, fungi

Question 6

Waste products in animals

Answer 6

Carbon dioxide - respiration
Water - respiration
Urea - breakdown of proteins

Question 7

Waste products in plants

Answer 7

Oxygen - photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide - respiration
Water - respiration

Question 8

What are the parts of the nervous system in humans

Answer 8

Receptors, neurones, effectors, hormones

Question 9

What are the sensitivity responses in plants

Answer 9

Geotropism- response to gravity, roots go down into the soil
Phototropism- response to light, growth towards the light

Question 10

Whats the form of movement in plants

Answer 10

Orientation

Question 11

What is the form of movement from place to place

Answer 11

Locomotion

Question 12

Whats is homeostasis

Answer 12

Control over the inner conditions

Question 13

Examples of homeostasis in humans

Answer 13

Thermoregulation
Glucoregulation
Osmoregulation

Question 14

Homeostasis in plants

Answer 14

Transpiration
Water evaporates from the stomata for heat loss

Question 15

What is the male gamete in humans

Answer 15

Sperm

Question 16

What is the male gamete in plants

Answer 16

Pollen

Question 17

What is the female gamete in animals

Answer 17

Egg

Question 18

What is the female gamete in plants

Answer 18

Ovule

Question 19

Whats is mitosis

Answer 19

Asexual reproduction

Question 20

How can plants reproduce asexually

Answer 20

Tubers
Budding
Runners

Question 21

What are the five kingdoms of organisms

Answer 21

Animals
Plants
Fungi
Protoctists
Prokaryotes

Question 22

Which kingdoms are eukaryotes

Answer 22

Animals
Plants
Fungi
Protoctists

Question 23

What are prokaryotes

Answer 23

Single celled organisms

Question 24

Difference of animal cells from plant cells

Answer 24

-No cell walls
-No chloroplasts

Question 25

Organelles in animal plants (5)

Answer 25

-Nucleus -Cytoplasm -Cell membrane -Ribosomes -Mitochondria

Question 26

Distinct organelles in plant cells (3)

Answer 26

-Cell wall -Chloroplast -Permament vacuole

Question 27

Whats are fungi cell walls made out of

Answer 27

Chitin

Question 28

How do fungi feed

Answer 28

Secreting digestive enzymes outside mycelium onto the food for it to be digested

Question 29

How do fungi cells differ from animal cells

Answer 29

Have cell wall

Question 30

What is plasmodium

Answer 30

Protoctist that causes malaria

Question 31

What are examples of protoctists

Answer 31

Paramecium Plasmodium Amoeba Chlorella

Question 32

Do protoctists photosynthesise

Answer 32

Some of them

Question 33

3 main features of bacteria cells

Answer 33

-Cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, plasmid -Lack nucleus -Lack mitochondria

Question 34

What causes pneumonia

Answer 34

Pheumococcus

Question 35

2 ways bacteria feed

Answer 35

-Photosynthesis -On other organisms

Question 36

How do bacteria differ from animal cells

Answer 36

-No nucleus -Flagellum -Cell wall -Plasmid -No mitochondria

Question 37

Whats types of pathogens are there

Answer 37

Bacteria Fungi Protoctists Viruses

Question 38

What type of microorganism is always a pathogen

Answer 38

Viruses

Question 39

2 examples of pathogenic bacteria

Answer 39

Tuberculosis - tuberculosis Meningitidis - bacterial meningitis

Question 40

Where are fungal diseases most common

Answer 40

Plants

Question 41

What are 2 examples of fungal diseases in humans

Answer 41

Cattle ringworm, athletes foot

Question 42

What protoctist causes malaria

Answer 42

Plasmodium falciparum

Question 43

Where can viruses reproduce only

Answer 43

Inside living cells

Question 44

Features of viruses

Answer 44

-Protein coat -Nucleic acid -Envelope

Question 45

Examples of viruses

Answer 45

-Tobacco mosaic virus -HIV virus (AIDS) -Influenza virus (Flu)