Characteristics of Life

Question 1

This simply means that living things are made up of cells.

Answer 1

CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

Question 2

The most basic unit of life

Answer 2

CELLS

Question 3

How are new cells are formed?

Answer 3

Only by the division of previously existing

cells.

Question 4

The concept expressed in “Cell Theory” that was formulated by?

Answer 4

Robert Hooke, Matthias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann and others.

Question 5

If something is alive, it must be capable of producing

Answer 5

REPRODUCTION

Question 6

Is the process by which individuals are

reproduced by asexual or sexual reproduction

Answer 6

REPRODUCTION

Question 7

____ lifeforms, such as humans who reproduce sexually

Answer 7

Multicellular

Question 8

____ lifeforms, like bacteria that reproduces

asexually

Answer 8

Unicellular

Question 9

This is essentially a collection of chemical reactions occurring within the body or cell.

Answer 9

METABOLISM

Question 10

occur continuously in every living organism, and they must be carefully regulated to maintain the next characteristics

Answer 10

Metabolic processes

Question 11

These reactions in Metabolism vary in form and function, but promote processes such as:

Answer 11

Protein synthesis, Cell division, Chemical digestion, Energy transformation

Question 12

Sum of all the chemical activities of the organism

Answer 12

METABOLISM

Question 13

An appropriate or a balanced internal environment

Answer 13

HOMEOSTASIS

Question 14

Maintaining _____ is a vital characteristic of life

Answer 14

HOMEOSTASIS

Question 15

Term used to describe maintaining a stable internal environment

Answer 15

HOMEOSTASIS

Question 16

Our genetic information can be passed from one generation to another

Answer 16

HEREDITY

Question 17

All forms of life respond to _____

Answer 17

STIMULI

Question 18

Is the physical or chemical changes in the internal or external environment.

Answer 18

STIMULI

Question 19

Responding to stimuli involves ____, though not always ______ (moving from one place to another)

Answer 19

movement; locomotion

Question 20

Involves an increase in the size of individual cells of an organism, or in the number of cells, or in both.

Answer 20

Biological Growth

Question 21

May be uniformed in the various forms of an

organism or it may be grater in some parts than in others

Answer 21

GROWTH

Question 22

_______ includes of the changes that take place during an organism’s life.

Answer 22

DEVELOPMENT

Question 23

The _____ and _____ that develop are explicitly adapted to the functions the organism must perform.

Answer 23

structure and body forms

Question 24

This is a judgement or changes in behavior, physiology, and structure of an organism, to become more suited to the environment.

Answer 24

ADAPTATION THROUGH EVOLUTION

Question 25

The ability of a population to evolve changes overtime; adapt to its environment quips it to survive in a changing world

Answer 25

Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Question 26

Has become the most important unifying concept of biology

Answer 26

Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Question 27

Characteristics that enhance an organism’s ability to survive in a particular environment

Answer 27

ADAPTATION

Question 28

Every biologically successful organism is a complex collection of _________ with risk through evolutionary processes

Answer 28

coordinated adaptations