Chapter 2- Living Things

Question 1

What is an organism?

Answer 1

A living thing

Question 2

What are all living things made of?

Answer 2

Cells

Question 3

What are the seven characteristics all living things have in common?

Answer 3

1-Nutrition
2-Respiration
3-Excretion
4-Growth
5-Reproduction
6-Movement
7-Response

Question 4

What is nutrition?

Answer 4

The way living thing get and use their food

Question 5

What is respiration?

Answer 5

The release of energy from food

Question 6

What is the word equation for respiration?

Answer 6

Food+ oxygen–>energy+carbon dioxide+water

Question 7

What is excretion?

Answer 7

The getting rid of waste that are made in the cells

Question 8

What does growth result from?

Answer 8

Cell division

Question 9

What is reproduction?

Answer 9

The creation of new individuals of the same kind.

Question 10

All animals…

Answer 10

Move

Question 11

What is response?

Answer 11

The ability to react to changes in the environment

Question 12

What are the two groups of living things?

Answer 12

Plants and animals

Question 13

What are the main parts of a plant?

Answer 13

Leaves,roots and a stem

Eg. Roses,grass,ferns

Question 14

What are the two groups of animals?

Answer 14

Vertebrates and invertebrates

Have a backbone+ No backbone

Question 15

What are plants and animals identified by?

Answer 15

A key