Living Things & Life Functions

Question 1

Another name for living things.

Answer 1

Organisms

Question 2

The study of living things is called________________.

Answer 2

Life Science

Question 3

All living things are made of ________.

Answer 3

cells

Question 4

Cells that work together to perform the same function make up ________.

Answer 4

tissues

Question 5

Tissues working together to perform the same function make up _______.

Answer 5

organs

Question 6

Organs working together to perform the same function make up ________.

Answer 6

systems

Question 7

What word describes organisms that are made up of more than one cell?

Answer 7

Multicellular

Question 8

The ability of an organism to maintain a constant internal environment.

Answer 8

Regulation

Question 9

A process by which needed materials are distributed throughout the body,

Answer 9

Transport

Question 10

The process that requires two parents to produce a new organism.

Answer 10

Sexual reproduction

Question 11

Action or movement of an organism as a result of a stimulus.

Answer 11

Response

Question 12

Change in the environment that produces a response.

Answer 12

Stimulus

Question 13

A process that occurs when multicellular organisms add more cells.

Answer 13

Growth

Question 14

Process of getting rid of wastes.

Answer 14

Excretion

Question 15

The body temperature of these animals may change with the environment.

Answer 15

Cold-blooded

Question 16

As organisms grow, they change. For example tadpoles do not look a lot like frogs.

Answer 16

Development

Question 17

Process by which living things take in food.

Answer 17

Ingestion

Question 18

Process by which organisms take in oxygen and combine it with glucose to produce energy.

Answer 18

Respiration

Question 19

Process by which food particles are broken down into smaller, usable substances,

Answer 19

Digestion

Question 20

These animals maintain a constant body temperature.

Answer 20

Warm-blooded

Question 21

A process by which some organisms make their own

food.

Answer 21

Photosynthesis

Question 22

Constant control of the state of the internal

environment.

Answer 22

Homeostasis

Question 23

The process that requires only one parent to produce a new organism.

Answer 23

Asexual reproduction

Question 24

He invented the first microscope.

Answer 24

Janssen