Characteristics Of Living Organisms

Question 1

Do animals have cell walls?

Answer 1

No, they only have a cell membrane

Question 2

How do animals feed?

Answer 2

Eat other organisms

Question 3

How do animals store carbohydrates?

Answer 3

As glycogen

Question 4

Are plants single-called or multicellular?

Answer 4

Multicellular

Question 5

What are plant cell walls made of?

Answer 5

Cellulose

Question 6

How do plants feed?

Answer 6

Carry out photosynthesis

Question 7

What do plants store carbohydrates as?

Answer 7

Starch or sucrose

Question 8

What are fungi made of?

Answer 8

Mycelium or they’re single-celled

Question 9

What is mycelium?

Answer 9

Made from thread like structures called hyphae

Question 10

What do the hyphae contain?

Answer 10

Many nuclei

Question 11

Do fungi have chloroplasts?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

What are fungi cell wall made from?

Answer 12

Chitin

Question 13

How does fungi feed?

Answer 13

By saprophytic nutrition

Question 14

What is saprophytic nutrition?

Answer 14

When fungi secrete digestive enzymes outside their body onto the food material which break it down. Then it absorbs the small molecules left from digestion.

Question 15

How do fungi store carbohydrates

Answer 15

As glycogen

Question 16

Give 2 examples of fungi

Answer 16

Mucor

Yeast

Question 17

Are protoctists single-celled or multicellular?

Answer 17

Single-celled

Some animals, some plants

Question 18

Do protoctists have chloroplasts?

Answer 18

Single-celled plants do.

Single-celled animals don’t

Question 19

Do protoctists have cell walls?

Answer 19

Only if plant-like

Question 20

How do protoctists feed?

Answer 20

Plant-like = photosynthesis,          
Animal-like = eat other organisms

Question 21

How to protoctists store carbohydrates?

Answer 21

Plant-like = starch
Animal-like = glycogen

Question 22

What are protoctists sensitive to?

Answer 22

Light, chemicals

Question 23

Give examples of protoctists

Answer 23

Plant-like = chlorella
Animal-like = amoeba
Plasmodium: causes malaria

Question 24

Are bacteria single-celled or multicellular

Answer 24

Single-celled

Question 25

How do bacteria store DNA?

Answer 25

They don’t have a nucleus so the DNA is circular loops called plasmids

Question 26

Do bacteria have chloroplasts?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

What are bacteria cell walls made of?

Answer 27

Proteins and sugars

Question 28

How do bacteria feed?

Answer 28

Eating living or dead organisms

Some photosynthesise

Question 29

Give 2 examples of bacteria

Answer 29

Lactobacillus, pneumococcus

Question 30

Are viruses single-celled or multicellular?

Answer 30

They’re NOT cells

Question 31

What do viruses store genes as?

Answer 31

DNA or RNA

Question 32

How do viruses store DNA?

Answer 32

The nucleic acid is RNA or DNA

Question 33

What are viruses surrounded by?

Answer 33

A protein coat

Question 34

How do viruses feed?

Answer 34

They are always parasitic, so can only reproduce inside living cells

Question 35

Name 2 other facts about viruses

Answer 35

1. The can effect every type of living organism

2. Have a wide range of shapes and sizes

Question 36

Give 2 examples of viruses

Answer 36

Tobacco mosaic virus

Influenza virus

Question 37

Are animals single called or multicellular?

Answer 37

Multicellular