Characteristics of living organisms Y9

Question 1

What are the things that all living things do?

Answer 1

M ovement
R espiration
S ensitivity 
C ontrol
G rowth 
R eproduction
E xcretion 
N utrition

Question 2

What is the definition of movement?

Answer 2

Not staying in the same position

Question 3

What is the definition of respiration?

Answer 3

Release of energy from food

Question 4

What is the definition of Sensitivity?

Answer 4

Ability to recognise and respond to changes in the enviroment

Question 5

What is the definition of Control?

Answer 5

Control is being able to maintain its internal environment ( temperature, body, blood, sugar content and water content)

Question 6

What is the definition of Growth?

Answer 6

Increasing in size and mass

Question 7

What is the definition of Reproduction?

Answer 7

Producing offspring

Question 8

What is the definition of Excretion?

Answer 8

Excretion is the removal of toxic waste products of metabolism

Question 9

What is the definition of Nutrition?

Answer 9

Nutrition is either making their own food or by eating other organisms

Question 10

What is the function of Chloroplasts?

Answer 10

Site of Photosynthesis
Contains Chlorophyll (absorbs light)

Question 11

What is the function of Vacuole?

Answer 11

Stores cell sap

Contains water, sugar and salt

Question 12

What is the function of a cell wall?

Answer 12

Gives the shape, support and protection of a cell

Question 13

What is the function of Mitochondrion?

Answer 13

Site of aerobic respiration

Question 14

Are animals mutlicellular?

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

Are plants multicellular?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

What are the cell wall of plants made out?

Answer 16

Cellulose

Question 17

Do plants move using the nervous system?

Answer 17

No (Hormones!!!!)

Question 18

Do Animals move using the nervous system?

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

What form is carbohydrate stored in for Animals?

Answer 19

Glycogen

Question 20

What form is carbohydrate stored in for Plants?

Answer 20

Starch

Question 21

What are organelles? and example

Answer 21

A specialized part of the cell with its own function

Mitochondrion

Question 22

What are cells? and example

Answer 22

The basic structural unit of an organism

Animal cell and Plant cell

Question 23

What are Tissue?

Answer 23

a group of cells with similar structures, working together to perform a shared function
(Muscle)

Question 24

What are organs?

Answer 24

A group of tissues working together to perform specific functions.
(Lung)

Question 25

What is an Organ System?

Answer 25

A group of organs working together to perform specific functions (Respiratory system)

Question 26

What is Chlorophyll?

Answer 26

This pigment absorbs sunlight and it makes plant leaves look green.

Question 27

Name 4 Organ Systems?

Answer 27

Respiratory System Circulatory System Digestive System Excretory system

Question 28

Name the organs used in the Respiratory system?

Answer 28

Mouth, Lung and trachea

Question 29

Name the organs used in the Circulatory system?

Answer 29

Heart, arteries and veins

Question 30

Name the organs used in the Digestive System?

Answer 30

Mouth, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum

Question 31

Name the organs used in the Excretory system?

Answer 31

Kidney and Bladder

Question 32

What is the function of the Respiratory System?

Answer 32

Allows Oxygen to enter blood and Carbon Dioxide to be | excreted

Question 33

What is the function of the Circulatory system?

Answer 33

Transports substances (Blood with Oxygen) aroud the body.

Question 34

What is the function of the Digestive System?

Answer 34

Breaks down food and absorbs products into the body

Question 35

What is the function of the Excretory system?

Answer 35

Forms and stores urine which is then excreted from the body

Question 36

What is the function of Red Blood Cell?

Answer 36

Transports oxygen around the body

Question 37

What are the adaptions of Red Blood Cell?

Answer 37

Bioncave shape No nucleus Flexible Contains Haemoglobin

Question 38

What is the function of Muscle Structure?

Answer 38

Contracts to get structures closer together

Question 39

What are the adaptions of Muscle Structure?

Answer 39

long | many protein fibres in cytoplasm to shorten cell when energy is available

Question 40

What is the function of Ciliated Cells?

Answer 40

Sweeps mucus and traps Dirt/Microorganism up and out the trachea

Question 41

What are the adaptions of Ciliated Cells?

Answer 41

Tiny Hairs called Cilia

Question 42

What is the function of a palisade cell?

Answer 42

Site of photosynthesis

Question 43

What are the adaptions of a palisade cell?

Answer 43

Packed with chloroplasts | Tall- Large Surface Area

Question 44

What is the function of a Neurone?

Answer 44

To carry electrical impulses throughout the body

Question 45

What are the adaptions of a Neurone?

Answer 45

Very Long Axon