CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESS OF LIFE

Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE

All living things have the ability to use energy and materials to ensure survival.

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

It is the ability of the organisms to do work that allows them to move.

Answer 2

Energy

Question 3

What other vital activities can be performed when there is energy?

Answer 3

• growth
• movement
• reproduction

Question 4

How is energy produced?

Answer 4

When complex organic matter like carbohydrates and protein are broken down into tiny substances such as glucose and amino acids.

Question 5

What do you call the process through which energy is released by the breaking down of foods into tiny substances?

Answer 5

Cellular Respiration

Question 6

TRUE OF FALSE:

Not all living organisms need to feed in order to survive, grow, and reproduce.

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

This is a process through which living organisms acquire food.

Answer 7

Nutrition

Question 8

Give examples on how some living organisms acquire foods or nutrients?

Answer 8

• plants through photosynthesis

- other living organisms and foods through other living organisms

Question 9

What happens when foods are taken and are broken down into tiny substances?

Answer 9

It will be processed through various chemical reactions for repair and manufacture of new body parts, reproduction, and for storing energy for essential activity.

Question 10

This is the process of removing waste in organism.

Answer 10

Excretion

Question 11

What are the known organs involved in the process of eliminating wastes in the body ?

Answer 11

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• skin
• liver, lungs, large intestine
• kidney
• urinary bladder

Question 12

What are some examples of by-products of excretion?

Answer 12

feces, sweat, co2, urine

Question 13

This for the coordination and regulation of the metabolic processes in the body.

Answer 13

Homeostasis

Question 14

Chemical reactions are processed through _____ at metabolic level.

Answer 14

enzymes

Question 15

They help regulate the rate through which the process occurs. For example, the amount of proteins to be processed into other forms.

Answer 15

Enzymes

Question 16

This is basically the maintenance of the body’s internal environment.

Answer 16

Homeostasis

Question 17

TRUE OF FALSE:

All living organisms are capable of locomotion or motility.

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

TRUE OF FALSE:

Cilia, flagella, and pseudoponds are locomotory organs used by mircroorganisms.

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

What is another word for external factors that affect living organisms?

Answer 19

Stimuli/Stimulus

Question 20

This a term used to refer the reaction of the organism to the stimuli.

Answer 20

Tropism/ response

Question 21

This is a term used to refer to the ability to respond appropriately to a stimuli.

Answer 21

irritability/ sensitivity

Question 22

This occurs slowly than responding to stimuli because some changes need to happen in the organism.

Answer 22

Individual Adaptation

Question 23

This refers to the changes in the characteristics of a group or organisms over time.

Answer 23

evolution

Question 24

This is a gradual or rapid change in the body structure or behavior of organisms to better suit their new environment and survive.

Answer 24

Evolutionary Adaptation

Question 25

This is a type of adaptation that refers to the internal systematic responses to stimuli to help the organism maintain homeostasis.

Answer 25

Physiological Adaptation

Question 26

Another type of adaptation wherein the animals use their physical features.

Answer 26

Structural Adaptation

Question 27

Examples of this type of adaptation are: migration and hibernation.

Answer 27

Behavioral Adaptation

Question 28

What process is needed for the growth, development, and reproduction of the organism?

Answer 28

Metabolism

Question 29

If the living organism exhibits growth within the cell, what is it called?

Answer 29

Intussusception

Question 30

This is process through which genetic information is passed down from one generation to another when organisms give offsprings.

Answer 30

Reproduction

Question 31

What are two types of reproduction?

Answer 31

Asexual and Sexual

Question 32

This is a common genetic material, which is also called the molecule of life that carries instruction for assembling proteins.

Answer 32

DNA

Question 33

TRUE OR FALSE: | The presence of DNA in every living organisms explains the unity of life.

Answer 33

TRUE

Question 34

This dimension follows the a path known as "The Hierarchical Level of Biological Organization"

Answer 34

Organization of Life in Vertical Dimension.

Question 35

What dimension spreads its scope in terms of size scale. For instance, the microscopic view of the DNA in our cells to the microscopic view of the living sphere of the Earth, biosphere.

Answer 35

Vertical Dimension

Question 36

This dimension is inspired by Taxonomy and Systematic Biology.

Answer 36

Organizational Life in Horizontal Dimension

Question 37

Cite the characteristics and processes of life?

Answer 37

1. Gathering and Using of Energy 1. 1 Nutrient Uptake and Processing 2. Maintaining Internal Balance 2. 1 Excretion 2. 2 Homeostasis 3. Responding, Adapting, and Evolving 3. 1 Motility 3. 2 Irritability 3. 3 individual and evolutionary adaptation 4. 1 Reproduction and Continuing Life 4. 2 Growth and Development 4. 3 Reproduction 4. 4 Heredity amidst Diversity 5. Living and Interacting

Question 38

What are the three domains?

Answer 38

- eukarya - bacteria - archaebacteria

Question 39

What are the six kingdoms?

Answer 39

- animalia - plantae - fungi - protista - archaebacteria - eubacteria