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Question 1

Definition of life: Most living things….

Answer 1

1. Grow
2. Move
3. Reproduce
4. Metabolize
5. Respond to external Stimuli

Question 2

Definition of life #2: All living thins are made up of….

Answer 2

1. Water
2. Biological Molecules(Sugar,Fats,Proteins,Nucleic acids
3. Maintain Homeostasis

Question 3

The 10 Characteristics of Life Are

Answer 3

1. Movement
2. Responsiveness
3. Growth
4. Reproduction
5. Respiration
6. Digestion
7. Absorption
8. Circulation
9. Assimilation
10. Excretion

Question 4

What is movement

Answer 4

Change in position of the body or of a body part; motion of an internal organ

Question 5

What is Responsiveness

Answer 5

Reaction to a change inside or outside the body

Question 6

What is Growth

Answer 6

Increase in body size without change in shape

Question 7

What is Reproduction

Answer 7

Production of new organisms and new cells

Question 8

What is Respiration

Answer 8

Obtaining oxygen, removing carbon dioxide, and releasing energy from foods( some forms of life do not use oxygen in respiration.)

Question 9

What is Digestion

Answer 9

Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used

Question 10

What is Absorption

Answer 10

Passage of substances through membranes and into fluids

Question 11

What is Circulation

Answer 11

Movement of substances in body fluids

Question 12

What is Assimilation

Answer 12

Changing absorbed substances into chemically different forms

Question 13

What is Excretion

Answer 13

Removal of wastes produced by metabolic reactions

Question 14

Life depends on the availability of the 5 following

Answer 14

1. Water
2. Food
3. Oxygen
4. Heat
5. Pressure

Question 15

The 6 kingdoms are ?

Answer 15

1. Archaebacteria- Extreme Environments
2. Eubacteria-Most bacteria
3. Protista - Slime molds and algae
4. Fungi - Mushrooms, mold and mildew
5. Plantae- plants
6. Animals - animals

Question 16

Features of Archaebacteria

Answer 16

1. Do not have a nuclei
2. All are single celled organisms(extremophiles)
3. Archaea live in extreme environments.
4. Too little O2, too salty, too hot, or too acidic for most other organisms

Question 17

Features of Eubacteria

Answer 17

1. Do not have a nuclei
2. Found almost everywhere on the planet Earth.
3. Some are present within humans.
4. Some bacteria cause disease but many are beneficial

Question 18

Features of Protista

Answer 18

1. All Eukaryotes that are not plants,animals or fungi
2. Most are single celled,microscopic and live in water
3. Example:algae

Question 19

Features of Fungi

Answer 19

1. Fungi release enzymes into their external environment and digest food outside of the body.
2. Few fungi are parasitic.
3. Most decompose plants,animals,microbes
4. Example:Mushrooms

Question 20

Features of Plantea

Answer 20

1. Uses the sun’s energy to make sugar
2. Contain a cell wall
3. Usually green

Question 21

Features of Animalia

Answer 21

1. Complex organisms with no cell wall
2. Have specialized sense organs
3. High degree of cell specialization

Question 22

What is Anatomy?

Answer 22

Anatomy Deals with the structure(morphology) of the body and its parts; In other words, the names of the parts.

Question 23

What is Physiology?

Answer 23

Studies the functions of these parts or asks the question, “how do they work”

Question 24

A sagittal section divides the body into ?

Answer 24

Right and left portions

Question 25

A Transverse section divides the body into?

Answer 25

Superior and Inferior

Question 26

A Frontal (coronal) section divides the body into

Answer 26

Anterior and posterior sections

Question 27

The integumentary system includes?

Answer 27

1. Skin, Hair, Nails and various glands, covers the body | 2. It protects underlying tissues, helps regulate body temperature, senses changes, and synthesizes certain products.

Question 28

The skeletal system is made up of?

Answer 28

1. Bones and Ligaments | 2. Supports, protects, frameworks, stores inorganic salts, and houses blood-forming tissues.

Question 29

The muscular system consists of ?

Answer 29

1. The muscles that provide body movement,posture, and body heat.

Question 30

The Nervous system consists of ?

Answer 30

1. The brain, spinal cord, nerves and sense organs. It integrates incoming information from receptors and sends impulses to muscles and glands.

Question 31

The endocrine system includes?

Answer 31

1. The hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyriod, pineal, and thymus glands, pancreas, ovaries, and testes. 2. It helps to integrate metabolic functions.

Question 32

The cardiovascular system is made up of ?

Answer 32

1. The Heart and blood vessels. | 2. It distributes oxygen, nutrients, and hormones throughout the body while removing wastes from the cells.

Question 33

The Lymphatic system consists of?

Answer 33

1. Lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, thymus, and spleen. | 2. It drains excess tissue fluid and includes cells of immunity.

Question 34

The digestive system is made of?

Answer 34

1. The mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines and accessory organs. It receives, breaks down, and absorbs nutrients.

Question 35

The respiratory system exchanges?

Answer 35

1. O2 and CO2 between the blood and air and is made up of the lungs and passageways

Question 36

The urinary system consists of?

Answer 36

1. The Kidneys, ureters, bladders, and urethra. | 2. It removes wastes from the blood and helps to maintain water and electrolyte balance

Question 37

The reproductive system produces?

Answer 37

New organisms