Quiz , the scientific study of life (2)

Question 1

what is emergent properties?

Answer 1

Emergent properties are the new functions that arise from interactions among a system’s components

Question 2

what is producers? (autotrophs)

Answer 2

producers also called autotrophs make their own food by extracting energy and nutrients from nonliving sources.

Question 3

what is consumers?

Answer 3

consumers are the ones who obtain energy and nutrients by eating other organisms, living or dead consumers are also called heterotrophs

Question 4

what is decomposers?

Answer 4

decomposers or heterotrophs that absorb energy and nutrients from wastes or dead organisms (fungi and bacteria are also decomposers)

Question 5

what is homeostasis?

Answer 5

the process in which a cell or organism maintains the state of internal constancy, or equilibrium

Question 6

what is reproduction?

Answer 6

reproduction - transmits DNA from generation to generation: this genetic information defines the inherited characteristics of the offspring

Question 7

what are the two kinds of reproduction?

Answer 7

asexual and sexual

Question 8

what are the difference between the two reproduction?

Answer 8

genetic information on asexual only comes from one parent and is occurs by doubling and dividing cells, while on the other hand sexual comes from 2 parents this occurs by uniting to form an offspring

Question 9

what is adaptation?

Answer 9

a adaptation is an inherited characteristic or behavior that enables an organism to survive and reproduce successfully in its environment

Question 10

where does these adoptive traits come from?

Answer 10

adoptive traits develop when a certain variations or differences in a population help some members survive better than others

Question 11

which one is the basic unit of life?

Answer 11

cells, the cells are the basic unit of life, every organism