Charecterisctics Of The Living

Question 1

Movement

Answer 1

Change in position

Question 2

Respiration

Answer 2

The cellular process that provides energy for metabolism

Question 3

Sensitivity

Answer 3

The ability to detect change in environment

Question 4

Growth

Answer 4

Increase in dry mass in an organism

Question 5

Reproduction

Answer 5

To make more individuals of the same kind

Question 6

Excretion

Answer 6

The removal of toxic and waste substances.

Question 7

Nutrition

Answer 7

Taking in and breathing down nutrients

Question 8

Species

Answer 8

A group of organised that share similar characteristics/features/traits and can reproduce produce fertile offspring.

Question 9

Vertabrates

Answer 9

Animals with a backbone
Fish
Amphibions
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals

Question 10

Fish

Answer 10

Scales
Produce jelly covered eggs
Cold blooded ; gills for breathing

Question 11

Amphibions

Answer 11

Moist skin
Produce jelly coated eggs in water
Cold blooded ; lungs for breathing

Question 12

Reptiles

Answer 12

Dry skin with scales
Produce eggs with a rubbery waterproof shell
Cold blooded, ectothermic lungs

Question 13

Birds and animals

Answer 13

Feathers or fur/hair
Produce eggs with hard shell, produce live young
Other details - warm blooded, lungs for breathing

Question 14

Invertebrates

Answer 14

Insects
Crustaceans
Arachnids
Crustacea
Myriapods

Question 15

Insects

Answer 15

-segmented bodies
-3 pairs of jointed legs
-compound eyes
2 pairs of wings
-1 pair of antenna

Question 16

Arachnids (spiders)

Answer 16

• four pairs of legs
• segmented bodies
• no antena
• several eyes

Question 17

Crustaceans (crabs)

Answer 17

• five or more pairs of limbs
• segmented bodies
• one pair of simple eyes
• two pairs of antena