Temperature Limits

Question 1

What temperature range does active growth occur at for most plants?

Answer 1

Between 5 and 40 degrees. Claire G

Question 2

Do chemical reactions take place in a relatively narrow or wide temperature range and why?

Answer 2

Narrow, due to the temperature sensitivity of enzymes. (Ashlee)

Question 3

Without what limiting factors can organisms not survive

Answer 3

Water, nutrients, light, oxygen and balance pH (Amanda)

Question 4

Active growth in plants occurs between what temperature range?

Answer 4

5 - 40 degrees (Celsius) - Locky Balboa

Question 5

Most living things live at a temperature between:

Answer 5

10 - 35 degrees (Celsius) - Locky Balboa

Question 6

What is an example of an extremophile that lives in really hot conditions?

Answer 6

Cyanobacteria H & T construction

Question 7

What tissue temperature is lethal to most organisms?

Answer 7

42C H & T construction

Question 8

Do chemical reactions occur in cells when temperature is at a narrow range or at a broad range?

Answer 8

Narrow range

-Sophie

Question 9

What temperature is lethal to the tissue of most living organisms?

Answer 9

42 degrees and above

-Sophie

Question 10

What temperatures destruct DNA and result in cell death?

Answer 10

100 degrees and above

-Sophie

Question 11

Living creatures can survive in temperatures as low as -70 degrees at poles or high as 56 degrees in deserts and 350 degrees in hot vents in the sea

Answer 11

They can survive in