Characteristics of life

Question 1

What is a characteristic of living things?

Answer 1

Metabolism

Question 2

What is autotrophic metabolism?

Answer 2

Organic compounds are made from inorganic compounds - plants + lot of bacteria

Question 3

What is heterotrophic metabolism?

Answer 3

Organic compounds can’t be made from inorganic compounds, so heterotrophs consume other heterotrophs. - animals, humans + lot of bacteria

Question 4

What is a characteristic of living things?

Answer 4

Growth - increasing the amount of living material

Question 5

What is a characteristic of living things?

Answer 5

Development - changes during the life of an organism,

Question 6

What is a characteristic of living things?

Answer 6

Reproduction - production of offspring

Question 7

What is a characteristic of living things?

Answer 7

Movement - ability to move from place to place, or moving parts of an organism in respone to stimuli

Question 8

What is a characteristic of living things?

Answer 8

Responding to stimuli - ability to sense any change of the environment (stimulus)

Question 9

What is homeostasis?

Answer 9

The regulation of an organism’s internal environment to maintain constant conditions sutitable for life