Characteristics of life

Question 1

basic building blocks/ unit of life

Answer 1

cell

Question 2

made up of only one cell

Answer 2

unicellular

Question 3

made up of many cell

Answer 3

multicellular

Question 4

process which an organism takes in food and converts it to energy and new protoplasm

Answer 4

nutrition

Question 5

creates their own food

Answer 5

autotrophs

Question 6

cannot make their own food

Answer 6

heterotrophs

Question 7

action of an organism causing a change of position or place

Answer 7

movement

Question 8

moving from one place to another

Answer 8

locomotion

Question 9

process of breaking down food substance to release energy in a form of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)

Answer 9

respiration

Question 10

process by which an organism removes metabolic waste products

Answer 10

excretion

Question 11

ability to respond to a certain stimulus

Answer 11

sensitivity

Question 12

permanent increase in the mass and volume of the organism

Answer 12

growth

Question 13

process by which animals undergo extreme, rapid physical changes some time after birth

Answer 13

metamorphosis

Question 14

ability of an organism to cope up with the changes in the environment

Answer 14

adaptability

Question 15

moving from an area to another to survive (birds)

Answer 15

migration

Question 16

sleeping for a long period of time and waking up using body clock (hedgehogs, bears, snakes, and squirrels)

Answer 16

hibernation

Question 17

blending in with the surrounding to hide from predators (chameleons)

Answer 17

Camouflage

Question 18

process by which an organism reproduce an offspring who is biologically similar to the organism

Answer 18

reproduction