Science of Life

Question 1

Characteristics of life

Answer 1

Cells, nutrition, respiration, excretion, growth, movement, reproduction, sensitivity, adaptability

Question 2

Nutrition

Answer 2

Intake of food into the body and its conversion into new protoplasm

Question 3

Respiration

Answer 3

Breakdown of food substances to release energy in cells

Question 4

Excretion

Answer 4

Removal of metabolic waste products formed inside living cells

Question 5

Growth

Answer 5

Permanent increase in size with changes in form and structure

Question 6

Movement

Answer 6

Ability to move body parts and/or exhibit locomotion

Question 7

Reproduction

Answer 7

Production of new individuals for the survival of the species

Question 8

Sensitivity

Answer 8

Ability to detect and respond to changes in the environment

Question 9

Adaptability

Answer 9

Ability of organism to change so as to improve its chances of survival

Question 10

Biological hierarchy

Answer 10

Kingdom, phylum/division, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 11

5 kingdoms

Answer 11

Prokaryote, protoctista, fungi, plantae, animalia

Question 12

Prokaryote

Answer 12

bacteria

Question 13

Protoctista

Answer 13

A collection of single celled organisms and some simple multicellular ones such as seaweeds

Question 14

Fungi

Answer 14

Mushrooms, toadstools and molds

Question 15

Plantae

Answer 15

Green plants

Question 16

Animalia

Answer 16

The animal kingdom

Question 17

Organism

Answer 17

Living thing

Question 18

Biology

Answer 18

Study of life

Question 19

How do plants make food?

Answer 19

Photosynthesis

Question 20

Protoplasm

Answer 20

Living matter that cells are made of

Question 21

Respiration process

Answer 21

Glucose + oxygen = carbon dioxide + water + large amount of energy

Question 22

Metabolism

Answer 22

Sum of all biochemical reactions in a cell

Question 23

Common excretory products

Answer 23

Carbon dioxide, water, mineral salts, nitrogenous waste products

Question 24

Open system

Answer 24

Continually receiving and disposing both energy and materials, is necessary for continued existence and if it stops the organism dies

Question 25

Development

Answer 25

Makes an organism more complex, or makes it change form

Question 26

Locomotion

Answer 26

Moving from one place to another

Question 27

Artificial classification

Answer 27

Grouping based off of properties relevant to humans/whether or not something has any specific property

Question 28

Natural (biological) classification

Answer 28

Grouping based off similarities and differences between organisms

Question 29

Viruses

Answer 29

The smallest ‘organisms’, borderline living

Question 30

Binomial system

Answer 30

The first name is the genus and starts with a capital letter, the second is the species name and starts with a lowercase letter

Question 31

What is the difference between offspring of two animals in the same and different species?

Answer 31

Offspring of the same species will be able to reproduce while offspring of two different species will not

Question 32

Homologous

Answer 32

Similar in structure but different in appearance

Question 33

Analogous

Answer 33

Similar in appearance but different in structure

Question 34

What specific formatting does the scientific name of a species have typed up and handwritten?

Answer 34

Typed up it will be in italics, handwritten will have each name underlined