Test 8/31/21 Or Something

Question 1

Autotroph

Answer 1

an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.

Question 3

Characteristic

Answer 3

a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it.

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

Question 5

Cell

Answer 5

the smallest unit that can live on its own and that makes up all living organisms

Question 6

Unicellular

Answer 6

(of protozoans, certain algae, spores, etc.) consisting of a single cell.

Question 7

Multicellular

Answer 7

(of an organism or part) having or consisting of many cells.

Question 8

Stimulus

Answer 8

we can define stimulus as the detectable change (physical or chemical) in the environment of an organism that results in some functional activity

Question 9

Response

Answer 9

a reaction to something. an answer or reply, as in words or in some action any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.

Question 10

Spontaneous Generation

Answer 10

the supposed production of living organisms from nonliving matter, as inferred from the apparent appearance of life in some supposedly sterile environments.

Question 11

Homeostasis

Answer 11

the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.