nature and variety of living organisms

Question 1

what do living organisms need in order to survive

Answer 1

Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity

Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition

Question 2

what are the 5 kingdoms of living things

Answer 2

animals
plants
fungi
protoctists
bacterial

Question 3

main features of all animals : (3)

Answer 3

multicellular
cells contain nucleus
feed on organic substances made by other living things

Question 4

main features of plants (3)

Answer 4

• multicellular
• cells contain nucleus and cell wall
• feed by photosynthesis

Question 5

are viruses living

Answer 5

no

Question 6

do viruses have DNA

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

mode of living for virus

Answer 7

parasitic pathogens on all living things

Question 8

example of virus

Answer 8

HIV (causes AIDS) , influenza virus (causes flu)

Question 9

Bacteria key features (4)

Answer 9

single cell
no nucleus
circular DNA
non cellulose cell-wall

Question 10

mode of living of bacteria

Answer 10

some are saprotrophic, some can carry out photosynthesis

Question 11

key feature of protoctistan (2)

Answer 11

microscopic and single celled

Question 12

what is the mode of living of protoctistan

Answer 12

diverse group xo are plants, animals and have those characteristics

Question 13

example of protoctistans

Answer 13

chlorella

Question 14

key features of fungi (3)

Answer 14

multicellular and single celled
cells contain multiple nuclei and a cell wall made of chitin

Question 15

mode of living of fungi

Answer 15

don’t ingest food but secrete enzymes

Question 16

fungi example

Answer 16

yeast

Question 17

animal mode of living

Answer 17

ingest matter from other organisms

Question 18

examples of animals

Answer 18

vertebraes

Question 19

mode of living of plants

Answer 19

carry out photosynthesis using chlorophyll

Question 20

example of plant

Answer 20

peas or beans