Living Things

Question 1

What is another word for a living thing?

Answer 1

The term organism refers to any living thing

Question 2

What are all organisms made from?

Answer 2

Cells

Question 3

What are the two main groups of living things?

Answer 3

Plants and animals

Question 4

How many characteristics of living things are there?

Answer 4

7

Question 5

List the seven characteristics of living things?

Answer 5

1) nutrition
2) respiration
3) excretion
4) growth
5) reproduction
6) movement
7) response

Question 6

Animals may be ….. or …… ?

Answer 6

Invertebrates or vertebrates

Question 7

What is a vertebrate?

Answer 7

An animal with a backbone

Question 8

Give an example of a vertebrate?

Answer 8

A dog

Question 9

What is a invertebrate?

Answer 9

An animal with out a backbone

Question 10

Give an example of an invertebrate?

Answer 10

A jellyfish

Question 11

What can be used to identify living things?

Answer 11

A key

Question 12

What is nutrition?

Answer 12

Nutrition is the way in which living things get and use their food

Question 13

What is respiration?

Answer 13

Respiration is the way living things get energy

Question 14

What is excretion?

Answer 14

Excretion is getting rid of waste that are made in the cells

Question 15

What is growth?

Answer 15

Growth is increasing in size and developing due to division of cells

Question 16

What is reproduction?

Answer 16

Reproduction is being able to produce new individuals of the same kind

Question 17

What is movement?

Answer 17

All living things can move to classify as an organism

Question 18

What is response?

Answer 18

Response is the ability to react to changes in the environment

Question 19

What is biology?

Answer 19

Biology is the study of living things