Science Of Life Chapter 1

Question 1

Characteristics of life

Answer 1

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

Question 1

Nutrition

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Respiration

Answer 2

Breakdown of food substances to release energy in cells

Question 3

Excretion

Answer 3

Removal of metabolic waste products formed inside living cells

Question 4

Growth

Answer 4

Permanent increase in size with changes in form and structure

Question 5

Movement

Answer 5

Ability to move body parts and/or exhibit locomotion

Question 6

Reproduction

Answer 6

Production of new individuals for the survival of the species

Question 7

Sensitivity

Answer 7

Ability to detect and respond to changes in the environment

Question 8

Adaptability

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Biological hierarchy

Answer 9

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

Question 10

5 kingdoms

Answer 10

Prokaryote, protoctista, fungi, plantae, animalia

Question 11

Prokaryote

Answer 11

bacteria

Question 12

Protoctista

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Fungi

Answer 13

Mushrooms, toadstools and molds

Question 14

Plantae

Answer 14

Green plants

Question 15

Animalia

Answer 15

The animal kingdom

Question 16

Organism

Answer 16

Living thing

Question 17

Biology

Answer 17

Study of life

Question 18

How do plants make food?

Answer 18

Photosynthesis

Question 19

Protoplasm

Answer 19

Living matter that cells are made of

Question 20

Respiration process

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Metabolism

Answer 21

Sum of all biochemical reactions in a cell

Question 22

Common excretory products

Answer 22

Carbon dioxide, water, mineral salts, nitrogenous waste products

Question 23

Open system

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Development

Answer 24

Makes an organism more complex, or makes it change form

Question 25

Locomotion

Answer 25

Moving from one place to another

Question 26

Artificial classification

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Natural (biological) classification

Answer 27

Grouping based off similarities and differences between organisms

Question 28

Viruses

Answer 28

The smallest ‘organisms’, borderline living

Question 29

Binomial system

Answer 29

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 30

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

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Homologous

Answer 31

Similar in structure but different in appearance

Question 32

Analogous

Answer 32

Similar in appearance but different in structure

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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