UNIT 1 DEFINITIONS

Question 1

Anabolism

Answer 1

A type of chemical reaction where smaller molecules are joined together to form larger molecules

Question 2

Biology

Answer 2

The study of living things

Question 3

Biomolecule

Answer 3

(Chemicals) made by living organisms/cells

Question 4

Carnivore

Answer 4

Feeds on other organisms ONLY

Question 5

Catabolism

Answer 5

(A type of chemical reaction where) larger molecules are broken down into smaller molecules

Question 6

Cell

Answer 6

The smallest unit of a living organism

Question 7

Characteristics of Life

Answer 7

Common features that all living organisms display (organisation, nutrition, excretion, response & reproduction)

Question 8

Control

Answer 8

Used to compare (against experiment data)

Question 9

Decomposer

Answer 9

An organism that feeds on dead/decaying organisms

Question 10

Egestion

Answer 10

Removal of unabsorbed material as faeces from the body

Question 11

Excretion

Answer 11

Removal of the waste products (of metabolism)

Question 12

Herbivore

Answer 12

An organism that feeds on PLANTS ONLY

Question 13

Hypothesis

Answer 13

An educated guess based on observations