Characteristics Of Living Things

Question 0

Name the three things that an animal cell has…

Answer 0

Cell membrane
Nucleus
Cytoplasm

Question 1

What are the seven life processes that living things do?

Answer 1

Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Nutrition, Excretion, Reproduction and Growth

Question 2

What are the six things that a plant cell has…

Answer 2

Cell wall, cell membrane, chloroplast, cytoplasm, vacuole and nucleus

Question 3

What are the four main organs in a plant?

Answer 3

The flower, roots, stem and leaves

Question 4

In a plant cell which organ contains the reproductive parts

Answer 4

The flower

Question 5

Which organ in the plant contains the parts for photosynthesis

Answer 5

The leaves

Question 6

Why does a plant need roots?

Answer 6

To keep it upright and to gather nutrients from the soil

Question 7

Why does a sperm cell have a tail?

Answer 7

To move more easily as it travels through the Fallopian Tube

Question 8

Where is a sperm cells nucleus?

Answer 8

On the head

Question 9

Can you name 8 of the systems in the body

Answer 9

1. Digestive system
2. Skeletal system
3. Muscle system
4. Respiratory system
5. Reproductive system
6. Nervous system
7. Circulatory system
8. Excretory system

Question 10

What does the respiratory system do?

Answer 10

It carries oxygen around the body and removes carbon dioxide

Question 11

What important jobs does the skeleton do?

Answer 11

It keeps you upright and it helps you move

Question 12

What does the rib cage do?

Answer 12

It protects the important organs

Question 13

What is the strongest bone in the body

Answer 13

The femur, thigh bone

Question 14

Why is this bone strongest?

Answer 14

Because it is the biggest

Question 15

Why is bone suited to the job it does

Answer 15

Bones are very strong, they will protect organs, keep you upright and help you to move

Question 16

Where do polar bears live

Answer 16

The arctic

Question 17

They have a thick layer of what under their fur

Why?

Answer 17

Blubber it keeps them warm

Question 18

What is their fur like

Answer 18

It is white so that they can hide and thick to keep them warm

Question 19

What shape are polar bears

Why?

Answer 19

They are a rounded shape because it reduces the chance of heat loss

Question 20

What are cacti

Answer 20

Plants that luv in the desert

Question 21

What conditions do cacti live in

Answer 21

Hot and sandy with barely any water or rain

Question 22

What is so different about cacti to other plants

Answer 22

They have lost their leaves and now have spines/spikes

Question 23

What do the spines do

Answer 23

Unlike leaves they insulate the water so that the plant doesn’t dehydrate and die

Question 24

What else can spines do

Answer 24

They prevent predators from eating them

Question 25

What are cacti usually covered in

Answer 25

A waxy substance | This also helps them to keep water

Question 26

What does the lung do in the body

Answer 26

It lets in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

Question 27

Why are roots widely spread on a cactus

Answer 27

It keeps the heavy plant upright and covers more land to find more nutrients and water in the sand

Question 28

Why does a polar bear have small ears

Answer 28

They let out less heat

Question 29

Why do they have broad and furry feet

Answer 29

So they slip on the ice and stay warm in the snow

Question 30

Where does a camel live

Answer 30

The desert

Question 31

Why does a camel have long eye lashes

Answer 31

It keeps sand from their eyes

Question 32

Why do they have wide flat feet

Answer 32

So they don't sink in the sand

Question 33

Why is their fur shaggy

Answer 33

It doesn't make the sweat

Question 34

What does the hump store

Answer 34

Nutrients and water

Question 35

What do leaves contain that uses light to change Carbon dioxide and water into glucose

Answer 35

Chloroplasts

Question 36

What is the male reproductive organ in a plant

Answer 36

Stamen

Question 37

What is the female reproductive organ in a plant

Answer 37

Carpel

Question 38

Another word for skull

Answer 38

Cranium

Question 39

Which bone do the bicep and tricep move

Answer 39

The humerous

Question 40

What do neurones do

Answer 40

Send electrical messages from the brain to the rest of the body

Question 41

What does the spine include/get cushioned by

Answer 41

Vertebrate and disks

Question 42

The bone connected to the femur above it

Answer 42

Pelvis

Question 43

Another name for knee cap

Answer 43

Patella

Question 44

The bone at the back of the calf

Answer 44

Fibula

Question 45

The bone at the front of the calf

Answer 45

Tibia

Question 46

The bone to the thumb

Answer 46

Radius

Question 47

The bone connected to the little finger

Answer 47

Ulna

Question 48

Another word for jaw

Answer 48

Mandible

Question 49

What does the heart do

Answer 49

It pumps blood cells around the body

Question 50

What do the lungs do

Answer 50

They let you breathe by inhaling oxygen and letting out carbon dioxide

Question 51

What does the brain do

Answer 51

It sends messages to the rest of the body

Question 52

What does your stomach do

Answer 52

It breaks downs your food

Question 53

What does the large intestine do

Answer 53

It filters your food and water

Question 54

And the liver?

Answer 54

Takes away the toxics in the body

Question 55

What does the kidney do

Answer 55

It filters the blood

Question 56

What does the bladder do

Answer 56

Excretes your wates

Question 57

What is the smallest bone in the body

Answer 57

The stirrup

Question 58

What is the largest bone inside your body

Answer 58

The femur

Question 59

How do the muscles in your humorous bend your arm

Answer 59

The bicep contracts and the tricep relaxes and vice versa

Question 60

What is a ball and socket joint

Answer 60

A joint that can move 360*

Question 61

Where can you find one

Answer 61

In the shoulder or hip

Question 62

What is a hinge joint

Answer 62

A joint that can only move 180*

Question 63

Where can you find one

Answer 63

In the elbow or knee

Question 64

What does the bone have in it (chemicals/minerals)

Answer 64

Calcium and phosphate

Question 65

Where can you find red and white blood cells

Answer 65

In the marrow in the bone

Question 66

What does the digestive system do

Answer 66

Breaks down your food into simpler substances

Question 67

What does the respiratory system do

Answer 67

Takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

Question 68

What does the excretory system do

Answer 68

Removes toxic and other waste materials from the body

Question 69

What does the circulatory system do

Answer 69

The heart pumps blood around the body | It supplies the cells with food and then carries away the waste

Question 70

What does the reproduction system do

Answer 70

Produces offspring

Question 71

The nervous system

Answer 71

Includes the five scenes organs. It contains nerves

Question 72

Endocrine system

Answer 72

Produces and discharges chemicals called hormones

Question 73

Skeletal system

Answer 73

206 bones in the human body | Main job is to support

Question 74

Muscle system

Answer 74

They cause movement when they contract and relax

Question 75

What do blood cells do

Answer 75

White fight infection | Red carry oxygen

Question 76

Cheek cells

Answer 76

Cloak the skeleton (inside the cheek)

Question 77

What do root hair cells do

Answer 77

Have a big surface area to absorb water and minerals

Question 78

What properties does the bone in acid have

Answer 78

It's brittle and soft

Question 79

Which substance has been removed by the acid

Answer 79

Carbonate | Calcium carbonate in the bone reacts with the acid to give carbon dioxide