Ch2 Characteristics of life

Question 1

Organisms

Answer 1

a living thing

Question 2

Biodiversity

Answer 2

(or biological diversity) is a term used to describe the variety of living things on Earth

Question 3

life

Answer 3

may be defined as something that possesses metabolism and continuity

Question 4

metabolism

Answer 4

is the sum of all the chemical reactions that occur in an organism

Question 5

continuity

Answer 5

ability of organisms to exist from one generation to the next

Question 6

organisation

Answer 6

refers to organisms being made up of cells (which are themselves highly organised), tissues organs and systems

Question 7

nutrition

Answer 7

getting/producing and use of food

Question 8

excretion

Answer 8

the removal of the wastes of metabolism (the wastes made in the cells of an organisms)

Question 9

response

Answer 9

ability of organsms to react to both internal and external changes

Question 10

Reproduction

Answer 10

ability of an organism to produce new individuals of its own kind