Chapter 4 : Grouping and identifying organisms

Question 1

Another word for taking in nutrition is _____

Answer 1

Feeding

Question 2

Polar bears can sense things in their environment. For example, with their nose they can sense the _____ of meat.

Answer 2

Smell

Question 3

Young plants and animals get bigger. This is called ____

Answer 3

Growth

Question 4

Living organisms ____ to make more of the same kind of organism

Answer 4

Reproduce

Question 5

All living organisms break down some of the food they eat, to provide them with energy. This happens in a process called ________

Answer 5

Respiration

Question 6

Most living organism can change the shape and position of their bodies. This is called _______

Answer 6

Movement

Question 7

What are the 7 living processes

Answer 7

Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition

Question 8

Define movement

Answer 8

The ability to change position or shape

Question 9

Define respiration

Answer 9

The process of converting food into energy

Question 10

Define sensitivity

Answer 10

The ability to notice and react to changes in the enviroment

Question 11

Define Growth

Answer 11

A permanent increase in age and size

Question 12

Define reproduction

Answer 12

The ability to produce young

Question 13

Define excretion

Answer 13

The ability to get rid of waste substances

Question 14

Define nutrition

Answer 14

The ability to consume/take in substances needed for energy

Question 15

What are species?

Answer 15

Species are organisms that share the same characteristics but are not identical.

Question 16

What happens when two organisms from different species reproduce?

Answer 16

Their off-spring is infertile and can not reporduce.

Question 17

How do you know if two organisms belong in the same speices?

Answer 17

If their off-spring is fertile, they belong in the same species.

Question 18

What does ‘fertile’ mean?

Answer 18

The ability to produce off-spring.