Characteristics Of Life

Question 1

Cells

Answer 1

Smallest unit of life. Inside the cells there are organelles that carry out life functions

Question 2

Smallest unit of life.

Answer 2

Cell

Question 3

Homeostasis

Answer 3

Maintaining a stable internal environment

Question 4

Example of homeostasis

Answer 4

• sweating when hot
• shivering when cold
• goosebumps when cold

Question 5

Maintaining a stable internal environment

Answer 5

Homeostasis

Question 6

Metabolism

Answer 6

All chemical reactions in the body

•Breaking down food for energy

Question 7

All chemical reactions in the body

Answer 7

Metabolism

Question 8

Reproduction

Answer 8

Making of offspring and new individuals.

•passes genetic code to offspring

Question 9

Making of offspring and new individuals.

Answer 9

Reproduction

Question 10

Two types of reproduction

Answer 10

Asexual

Sexual

Question 11

Asexual

Answer 11

One parent

Reproduce with yourself

Question 12

Sexual

Answer 12

Two parents

Reproduce with someone else

(Sperm and egg)

Question 13

Response to stimuli

+ example

Answer 13

Responding to the environment

• plants leaning towards light
• bacteria moving towards chemicals
• reflexes
• blinking/blushing

Question 14

Nutrition

Answer 14

Intake of nutrients

Question 15

Intake of nutrients

Answer 15

Nutrition

Question 16

Growth/ development and repair

Answer 16

Growth - when organisms increase in size
Development- all the changes that take place during their lifetime

•increasing in size or number of cells

Question 17

when organisms increase in size

Answer 17

Growth

Question 18

all the changes that take place during their lifetime

Answer 18

Development

Question 19

Excretion

Answer 19

Release of waste

• feces, urine, heat, sweat
• breathing out CO2

Question 20

Locomotion/transport

Answer 20

Movement

•circulation (movement in body)

Question 21

Release of waste

Answer 21

Excretion

Question 22

Movement

Answer 22

Locomotion/transport

Question 23

The scientific term for a living thing is an

Answer 23

Organism

Question 24

Are all cells alike?

Answer 24

No they are very different from each other

Question 25

All cells perform various jobs or ____

Answer 25

Functions

Question 26

What surrounds the cell and separates it from its environment

Answer 26

Plasma membrane

Question 27

An organism with one cell

Answer 27

Uni cellular

Question 28

An organism with more than one cell

Answer 28

Multicellular

Question 29

Example of a multicellular organism

Answer 29

Human

Question 30

Example of a unicellular organism

Answer 30

Paramecium Paramecia

Question 31

Multicellular organisms can be organized into what other levels

Answer 31

Organelles, Cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism

Question 32

Does everybody need to reproduce

Answer 32

Not every organism in the species needs to reproduce however, some do.

Question 33

What would happen if all individuals in a species were not able to have babies

Answer 33

The species will become extinct

Question 34

How do all organisms begin life

Answer 34

Single cell

Question 35

Do unicellular organisms grow? | do unicellular organisms develop?

Answer 35

Unicellular organisms do grow but they don’t develop much. they may change only by a very little amount

Question 36

Do multicellular organisms grow? | do multicellular organisms develop?

Answer 36

They do grow and they do develop

Question 37

How is the growth of a living thing different from the growth of a nonliving thing

Answer 37

The growth of a living thing is internal. Nonliving things may only grow externally by adding more material on the outside of it

Question 38

Energy

Answer 38

Energy is the ability to make things change. It powers life processes and provides an organism with abilities that carry out other life functions

Question 39

Why is energy important to a living organism

Answer 39

Energy provides the organism with abilities to maintain balance grow ever produce and carry out life functions

Question 40

Autotroph

Answer 40

An organism that uses energy from the sun to make their own food (Photosynthesis)

Question 41

An organism that uses energy from the sun to make their own food (Photosynthesis)

Answer 41

Autotroph

Question 42

Heterotrophs

Answer 42

Get energy from the food they eat and do not produce their own energy

Question 43

Get energy from the food they eat and do not produce their own energy

Answer 43

heterotrophs

Question 44

Atom

Answer 44

Smallest part of an element or compound

Question 45

Smallest part of an element or compound

Answer 45

atom

Question 46

Population

Answer 46

A group of one kind of organism living in an area

Question 47

Organ

Answer 47

A group of similar tissues working together like the heart or lungs

Question 48

A group of similar tissues working together like the heart or lungs

Answer 48

Organ

Question 49

A group of one kind of organism living in an area

Answer 49

Population

Question 50

biome

Answer 50

All living and nonliving things on earth

Question 51

All living and nonliving things on earth

Answer 51

Biome

Question 52

Organelle

Answer 52

Parts of a cell such as the nucleus

Question 53

Parts of a cell such as the nucleus

Answer 53

Organelle

Question 54

community

Answer 54

Several populations of organisms living together

Question 55

Several populations of organisms living together

Answer 55

Community

Question 56

Ecosystem

Answer 56

All the living and nonliving things living in a similar environment such as the desert

Question 57

All the living and nonliving things living in a similar environment such as the desert

Answer 57

Ecosystem

Question 58

tissue

Answer 58

Group of similar cells working together

Question 59

Group of similar cells working together

Answer 59

Tissue

Question 60

9 characteristics of life

Answer 60

``` Made of cells Homeostasis Metabolism Reproduction Response to stimuli Nutrition Growth and repair Excretion Locomotion/ transport ```

Question 61

Nine characteristics of life

Answer 61

``` Made of cells Homeostasis Metabolism Reproduction Response to stimuli Nutrition Growth and repair Excretion Locomotion/ transport ```