Lessons 1-2

Question 1

Autotroph

Answer 1

A organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight and chemicals to use it to produce its own food

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things

Question 3

Characteristic

Answer 3

typical of a particular person place or thing

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

A living thing

Question 5

Cell

Answer 5

The basic unit of structure in living things

Question 6

Unicellular

Answer 6

Made of a single cell

Question 7

Multicellular

Answer 7

Consisting of many cells

Question 8

Stimulus

Answer 8

Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way

Question 9

Response

Answer 9

An action or change in behavior that occurs in a result of a stimulus

Question 10

Spontaneous generation

Answer 10

The mistaken idea that living things arise from non living sources

Question 11

Homeostasis

Answer 11

The condition in which an organisms internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment

Question 12

Classification

Answer 12

The process of grouping things based on their similarities

Question 13

Species

Answer 13

A group of similar organisms that mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

Question 14

Taxonomy

Answer 14

The scientific study of how living things are organized