Quiz 2 - Characteristics of Life and CER - Sep 20

Question 1

List the 8 characteristics of Life

Answer 1

1. All Living things are made of cells
2. All Living things reproduce
3. All Living things obtain and use energy
4. All Living things maintain homeostasis
5. All organisms pass along hereditary traits
6. All Living things respond to their environment
7. All Living things grow and develop
8. All Living things adapt to their environment through evolution

Question 2

Unicellular organism definition and examples

Answer 2

only one cell
examples: bacteria and protists

Question 3

Cell definition

Answer 3

the smallest unit capable of all life functions

Question 4

Multicellular organisms definition

Answer 4

made up of many cells and cells have specialized functions in the body

Question 5

reproduction definition

Answer 5

the process of producing new organisms of the same type

Question 6

asexual reproduction

Answer 6

a single parent organism makes a copy of itself

Question 7

sexual reproduction

Answer 7

two different parent organisms contribute genetic information via sex cells

Question 8

two types of organisms

Answer 8

unicellular and multicellular

Question 9

two types of reproduction

Answer 9

sexual and asexual

Question 10

two parts of metabolism

Answer 10

catabolism and anabolism

Question 11

catabolism definition

Answer 11

the breakdown of food components into smaller , simpler particles

Question 12

anabolism definition

Answer 12

when the the body “burns” carbohydrates and energy to give us usable energy

Question 13

metabolism definition

Answer 13

the process of our bodies transforming food into usable energy

Question 14

what is the process of transforming food into energy called

Answer 14

metabolism

Question 15

homeostasis definition

Answer 15

a stable state of conditions in the body that are nessesry for life

Question 16

examples of homeostasis

Answer 16

body temp, blood volume, ph balance, water balance and volume

Question 17

what do chromosomes containing genes carry

Answer 17

hereditary information

Question 18

genes are composed of what

Answer 18

DNA

Question 19

examples of stimuli

Answer 19

light, temp, odor, sound, gravity, heat, water, pressure

Question 20

growth definition

Answer 20

increase in mass and size of an organism, for multicellular organisms, that includes creating more cells

Question 21

growth in a multicellular organism

Answer 21

increase in number of cells

Question 22

development defingition

Answer 22

a change is he physiological and functional maturation of an organism over their lifetime

Question 23

different between growth and development

Answer 23

growth - physical growth with more cells
development - maturation

Question 24

adaptation descrition

Answer 24

enables organisms to become better suited to their environment over a long period of time

Question 25

what does CER stand for

Answer 25

claim, evidence, reasoing

Question 26

claim definition

Answer 26

an accurate, specific, one sentence statement that answers your research question with zero evidence

Question 27

evidnence definition

Answer 27

scienctifiv data (qualitative or quantitative) that supports your claim, should have many pieces of evidencere

Question 28

reasoning definition

Answer 28

explains why the data you chose counts as evidence and connects each pieve of evidence to your claim

Question 29

when to use a CER

Answer 29

use it to engage in a structured argumentation to explain a scientific concept

use it after an experiment to explain why a hypothesis was supported or refuted

use it to discuss claims

Question 30

a hypothesis can be…

Answer 30

supported or refuted