Chapter 2-Characteristics And Classification Of Life

Question 1

A complete living thing is an

Answer 1

Organism

Question 2

What is the successive stages of life called?

Answer 2

Life Cycle

Question 3

The life cycle of animals you are familiar with begins at __________.

Answer 3

Fertilization

Question 4

When does the life cycle end?

Answer 4

Death

Question 5

Every organism alive today came from _________ organisms.

Answer 5

Similar

Question 6

When God created living things. He commanded them to reproduce after their own __________

Answer 6

Kind

Question 7

How does an organism grow?

Answer 7

By taking non living materials and making them into the living substances of its body.

Question 8

What is the smallest living unit of an organism?

Answer 8

A cell

Question 9

What is the material inside the membrane called?

Answer 9

Cyloplasm

Question 10

All organisms are _______.

Answer 10

Cellular (made of cells)

Question 11

What are tiny organisms made of only one cell called?

Answer 11

Unicellular

Question 12

What are organism called that are made from many cells?

Answer 12

Multicellular

Question 13

What is the ability to do work called?

Answer 13

Energy

Question 14

How do the animals and humans get their energy?

Answer 14

From the food they eat

Question 15

Every living thing uses energy to respond to certain conditions in its ___________.

Answer 15

Environment

Question 16

How does God describe spiritual life?

Answer 16

By comparing it to physical life

Question 17

How does spiritual life begin?

Answer 17

By being born again

Question 18

_________ are tiny structures that make up living things.

Answer 18

Cells

Question 19

Scientist estimate that the human body is made up of ___________ cells.

Answer 19

60 trillion

Question 20

Who was the English Scientist who noticed tiny box-like structures in a slice of cork?

Answer 20

Robert Hooke

Question 21

What were the boxes Robert Hook actually saw?

Answer 21

The walls of dead plant cells

Question 22

The cell states the following:

Answer 22

1) all cells come from Pre existing cells
2) all living things are made of cells and the products of cells
3) cells perform the function of living things

Question 23

All cells perform four basic functions:

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1) all cells use ENERGY
2) all cells MANUFACTURE MATERIALS
3) all cells RESPOND to their environment
4) all cells REPRODUCE themselves

Question 24

How many functions do all cells perform?

Answer 24

Four

Question 25

Most molecules belong to one of four general categories

Answer 25

Carbohydrates Lipids Proteins Nucleic Acids

Question 26

Important edible carbohydrates

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Sugars | Starches

Question 27

One of the simplest and most common carbohydrates is the sugar called _________.

Answer 27

Glucose

Question 28

Other carbohydrates are made of smaller molecules of glucose linked together.

Answer 28

Ex. Cellulous- found in plant cell walls

Question 29

__________are boundaries of living cells and cell parts; lipids play an important role in the structure of membranes

Answer 29

Membranes

Question 30

Many of the life-supporting processes that occur in living cells are regulated by special proteins called

Answer 30

Enzymes

Question 31

All proteins are made of a group of smaller molecules called

Answer 31

Amino Acids

Question 32

Nucleus acids are made of smaller molecules called __________linked together

Answer 32

Nucleotides

Question 33

The two major kinds of nucleic acids are ____and____

Answer 33

DNA | RNA

Question 34

To arrange things into groups

Answer 34

Classify

Question 35

The science of classifying living organisms

Answer 35

Taxonomy

Question 36

By learning characteristics about individuals, you also learn characteristics about the whole group. This is called______________

Answer 36

Generalization

Question 37

The modern classification system was proposed by_______________in the______

Answer 37

Carolus Linnaeus | 1700

Question 38

The levels from largest to smallest are

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``` Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species ```

Question 39

Mushroom, mold yeast

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Fungi

Question 40

Each level of classification is called a

Answer 40

Taxon

Question 41

This classification system places organisms into groups based on_________characteristics

Answer 41

Physical

Question 42

Scientists do not use common names, such as “buffalo,” that can apply to_________different living things.

Answer 42

Several

Question 43

When a person wants to be accurate, he uses the____________name of an organism

Answer 43

Scientific

Question 44

The FIRST name in a scientific name is the ________of the organism

Answer 44

Genus

Question 45

The SECOND name in a scientific name is the_________of the organism

Answer 45

Species

Question 46

There are no clear definitions for the various_______in todays classification system

Answer 46

Taxa

Question 47

Evolutionists assume that the two organisms came from a__________________

Answer 47

Common Ancestor

Question 48

The Bible teaches that God made humans by a direct act and that He made them __________and___________from all other creatures.

Answer 48

Separate | Distinct

Question 49

These groups of reproducing organisms that God established are called______________________

Answer 49

Biblical Kinds

Question 50

Carbohydrates are made of___________,___________,___________ Ex. Sugar and starch

Answer 50

Carbon Oxygen Hydrogen

Question 51

Lipids are made of_______________Ex.fats, oils, waxes, butter, cream cheese

Answer 51

Triglycerides

Question 52

Protein is made of______________Ex.enzymes

Answer 52

Amino acids

Question 53

Nucleic acid is made of____________Ex. DNA, RNA

Answer 53

Nucleotide