Living things

Question 1

Autotroph

Answer 1

An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and 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

A feature that helps to identify something.

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

A living thing.

Question 5

Cell

Answer 5

The basic unit of structure and function 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 as a result of a stimulus.

Question 10

Spontaneous generation

Answer 10

The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources.

Question 11

Homeostasis

Answer 11

The condition in which an organism’s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment.