Vocabulary

Question 1

Autotroph

Answer 1

An organism that is able to capture energy from the sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things

Question 3

Characteristic

Answer 3

A trait that can help identify something

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

A living thing

Question 5

Cell

Answer 5

The basic unit of structure and function in living things

Question 6

Unicellular

Answer 6

Made of a single cell

Question 7

Multicellular

Answer 7

Consisting of many cells

Question 8

Stimulus

Answer 8

Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way

Question 9

Response

Answer 9

An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus.

Question 10

Spontaneous generation

Answer 10

The mistaken idea that living things arise from non living sources

Question 11

Homeostasis

Answer 11

The condition in which an organism’s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment

Question 12

Classification

Answer 12

The process of grouping things based on their similarities

Question 13

Species

Answer 13

A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

Question 14

Taxonomy

Answer 14

The scientific study of how living things are classified.

Question 15

Domain

Answer 15

The most basic level of organization in the classification of organisms

Question 16

Evolution

Answer 16

Change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.