Baer/Grainer Chapter 2 Test

Question 1

6 characteristics of all living things

Answer 1

Have cells
Respond to change
Reproduce
Grow and develop
Have DNA
Use energy

Question 2

4 needs of all living things

Answer 2

Water, air, shelter, and food

Question 3

2 elements that make up water

Answer 3

Hydrogen and oxygen

Question 4

The most common gas in the air

Answer 4

Oxygen

Question 5

Maintaining a stable, internal condition

Answer 5

Homeostasis

Question 6

A change that affects the activity or behavior of an organism

Answer 6

Stimulus/response

Example: shivering when you are cold

Question 7

Super scientist that studies life

Answer 7

Biologist

Question 8

Super scientist that studies the CHOPNS elements

Answer 8

Chemist

Question 9

of cells of living things

Answer 9

More than 1

Question 10

Example of a response/stimulus

Answer 10

Stimulus: the flu virus enters your body
Response: headache and fever

Question 11

CHOPNS

Answer 11

Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Sulfur

Question 12

5 chemical building blocks

Answer 12

ATP
Carbohydrates
Nuclei acids
Proteins
Lipids

Question 13

Gets energy by breaking down nutrients in dead organisms or animal waste

Answer 13

Decomposer

Examples: mushroom, bacteria, maggots

Question 14

Makes their own food

Answer 14

Producer

Examples: plants using energy from the sun

Question 15

Eats other organisms to get food

Answer 15

Consumer

Examples: frog, bear, human

Question 16

Made of nucleotides, contains all of the information needed for a cell to make proteins

Answer 16

Nucleic acids

Question 17

Adenosine Triphosphate

Answer 17

ATP

Question 18

Energy giving nutrients

Answer 18

Carbohydrates

Question 19

Molecule made of amino acids and is needed to build and repair body structures; regulates processes in the body.

Answer 19

Proteins

Question 20

Type of biochemical molecule that does not dissolve in water

Answer 20

Lipids

Question 21

Where do humans get their energy from?

Answer 21

Food