Chapter One

Question 1

Autotroph

Answer 1

An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce food

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things

Question 3

Cell

Answer 3

The basic unit of structure and function of living things

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

Any living thing

Question 5

Unicellular

Answer 5

Made of a singled cell

Question 6

Multicellular

Answer 6

Consisting of many cells

Question 7

Response

Answer 7

An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus

Question 8

Stimulus

Answer 8

Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way

Question 9

Homeostasis

Answer 9

The condition in which an organisms internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment

Question 10

Characteristic

Answer 10

A trait to help indetify something

Question 11

Spontaneous generation

Answer 11

The mistaken idea that living things arise from non living sources

Question 12

Species

Answer 12

A group of similar that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

Question 13

Taxonomy

Answer 13

The scientific study of how living things are classified

Question 14

Domain

Answer 14

The most basic level of organization in the classification of organisms

Question 15

Classification

Answer 15

The process of grouping things based on their similarities

Question 16

Evolution

Answer 16

Change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descend from ancient organisms