Science Catechism 1-10

Question 1

What is an organism?

Answer 1

A complete living thing

Question 2

What is the process of birth, growth, reproducction and death?

Answer 2

The life span or life cycle

Question 3

What are 5 characteristics of living organisms?

Answer 3

Grow and develop, reproduce, respond to environments, use energy and made of cells

Question 4

What is a cell?

Answer 4

The smallest unit of a living organism

Question 5

How is each cell shaped?

Answer 5

According to its function

Question 6

What is the purpose of the cell membrane?

Answer 6

To provide an external boundary and be a gatekeeper

Question 7

What is the jellylike substance inside the cell membrane?

Answer 7

Cytoplasm

Question 8

What are organelles?

Answer 8

Organelles are the structures inside the cytoplasm that help carry out cell functions

Question 9

What is DNA?

Answer 9

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid is a set of instructions that specifies the inherited traits of an organism

Question 10

Why is DNA important?

Answer 10

DNA is in virtually every living cell, self replicates, and has all the instructions for an organism to grow, reproduce and function.