Grouping and Identifying Organisms

Question 1

A living thing

Answer 1

Organism

Question 2

A permanent increase in size

Answer 2

Growth

Question 3

Feeding: taking in substances that are needed for growth or to provide energy

Answer 3

Nutrition

Question 4

Getting rid of waste materials such as carbon dioxide

Answer 4

Excretion

Question 5

The ability of an organism to notice and respond to changes happening around them

Answer 5

Sensitivity

Question 6

The ability of organisms to change position

Answer 6

Movement

Question 7

The ability of organisms to produce young

Answer 7

Reproduction

Question 8

The process of breaking down food to provide an organism with ENERGY

Answer 8

Respiration

Question 9

A fungus with a round top and a short stem

Answer 9

Mushroom

Question 10

A fungus with a round top and narrow stem

Answer 10

Toadstool

Question 11

A group of bacteria or fungi, such as the ones growing on the surface of agar jelly

Answer 11

Colony

Question 12

A living organism so small that it can only be seen with a microscope

Answer 12

Microorganism

Question 13

A microscopic fungus

Answer 13

Yeast

Question 14

A small, clear round dish with a lid, used for growing microorganisms

Answer 14

Petri Dish

Question 15

A thick, clear substance made from seaweed, used for growing microorganisms

Answer 15

Agar Jelly

Question 16

Made of only one cell

Answer 16

Single-Celled

Question 17

Organisms made of a very small single cell, with a cell wall but no nucleus

Answer 17

Bacteria

Question 18

Organisms such as mushrooms, toadstools and yeast; they get their energy from decaying organic material

Answer 18

Fungi

Question 19

Small, plant-like organisms that grow in or near water

Answer 19

Algae

Question 20

Very small, single-celled, animals organisms

Answer 20

Protozoa

Question 21

Substances that living organisms can use to supply them with energy, or to help them grow

Answer 21

Nutrients

Question 22

Solid Animal waste

Answer 22

Dung

Question 23

A chemical that is a necessary art of cells of all living thing

Answer 23

Protein

Question 24

A substance inside a virus containing asset of coded instructions for making more viruses

Answer 24

RNA

Question 25

An extremely small structure made of a protein coat surrounding RNA (or DNA); — can invade cells and cause them to produce more —

Answer 25

Virus

Question 26

Flu; a common viral illness that causes fever and headache

Answer 26

Influenza

Question 27

Make a copy

Answer 27

Replicate

Question 28

A group of organisms that can reproduce with others in the same —, but not with members of a different —

Answer 28

Species

Question 29

A sample

Answer 29

Specimen

Question 30

Being able to produce offspring

Answer 30

Fertile

Question 31

Differences between individuals that belong to the same species

Answer 31

Variation

Question 32

Exactly the same

Answer 32

Identical

Question 33

The “children” of a living organism

Answer 33

Offspring

Question 34

Unable to produce offspring

Answer 34

Infertile

Question 35

A set of questions about an organism that helps with indentification

Answer 35

Key

Question 36

Bramching into two

Answer 36

Dichotomous