CHARACTERISTICS SHARED BY LIVING ORGANISMS

Question 1

IT IS A NATURAL SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH THE STUDY OF LIFE AND LIVING ORGANISMS.

Answer 1

BIOLOGY

Question 2

THEY ARE THOUGHT TO BE THE FIRST MICROORGANISMS THAT EXIST.

Answer 2

MICROORGANISMS

Question 3

THEY HAVE EXISTED 130-200 MILLION YEARS AGO.

Answer 3

BIRDS & ANIMALS

Question 4

BEGAN TO INHABIT EARTH 2.5 MILLION YEARS AGO.

Answer 4

HUMAN

Question 5

WHAT ARE THE FOUR THEMES UNIFY BIOLOGY AS SCIENCE?

Answer 5

ORGANIZATION OF LIFE;
CONTINUITY OF LIFE;
DIVERSITY OF LIFE;
UNITY OF LIFE.

Question 6

WHAT ARE THE TWELVE (12) CHARACTERISTICS SHARED BY LIVING SYSTEMS?

Answer 6

UNIQUE CHEMICAL ORGANIZATION;
CELLULAR ORGANIZATION;
ABILITY TO REPRODUCE;
CAPACITY TO GROW & DEVELOP;
CONSTANT ENERGY REQUIREMENT;
MOVEMENT;
ADAPTATION;
METABOLISM;
HOMEOSTASIS;
HEREDITY;
RESPONSIVENESS;
ORGANIZATION;

Question 7

ALL LIFE DEPENDS ON WATER

Answer 7

UNIQUE CHEMICAL ORGANIZATION

Question 8

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE “MACROMOLECULES”

Answer 8

CARBOHYDRATES;
PROTEINS;
LIPIDS;
NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question 9

REGARDLESS OF SIZE AND COMPLEXITY, ARE COMPOSED OF CELLS THE BASIC UNITS OF STRUCTURE.

Answer 9

CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

Question 10

SOME ORGANISMS ARE ONE-CELLED CALLED …

Answer 10

UNICELLULAR

Question 11

OTHERS ARE MANY CELLED CALLED…

Answer 11

MULTICELLULAR

Question 12

WHAT REPRODUCTION DOES NOT INVOLVE THE UNION OF GAMETES?

Answer 12

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question 13

REPRODUCTION WHICH CONTAINS A SINGLE PARENT.

Answer 13

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question 14

OFFSPRING ARE GENETICALLY IDENTICAL; AND COMMON IN PLANTS; FUNGI;MICROBES AND INVERTEBRATES.

Answer 14

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question 15

WHAT REPRODUCTION DOES CONTAINS GAMETES TO UNITE FROM ZYGOTES?

Answer 15

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question 16

REPRODUCTION WHICH CONTAINS TWO PARENTS.

Answer 16

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question 17

OFFSPRING POSSESS A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF TRAITS; AND COMMON AMONG VERTEBRATES.

Answer 17

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question 18

HUMANS “IFID”

Answer 18

INTERNAL FERTILIZATION INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT

Question 19

LAND ANIMALS “IFED”

Answer 19

INTERNAL FERTILIZATION EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT

Question 20

SEA ANIMALS “EFED”

Answer 20

EXTERNAL FERTILIZATION EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT

Question 21

TYPES OF ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN WHICH A NEW ORGANISM DEVELOPS FROM AN OUTGROWTH OR BUD DUE TO CELL DIVISION AT ONE PARTICULAR SITE.

Answer 21

BUDDING

Question 22

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION BY A SEPARATION OF THE BODY INTO TWO NEW BODIES.

Answer 22

BINARY FISSION

Question 23

TYPE OF ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN WHICH AN ORGANISM SIMPLY BREAKS IN INDIVIDUAL PIECES AT MATURITY.

Answer 23

FRAGMENTATION

Question 24

FORM OF ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION OCCURING IN PLANTS IN WHICH A NEW PLANT GROWS FROM A FRAGMENT OR CUTTING OF THE PARENT PLANT OR A SPECIALIZED REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE.

Answer 24

VEGETATION PROPAGATION

Question 25

HORTICULTURAL TECHNIQUES USED TO JOIN PARTS FROM TWO OR MORE PLANTS SO THAT THEY APPEAR TO GROW AS A SINGLE PARENT.

Answer 25

GRAFTING

Question 26

THE FORMATION OF NEARLY DORMANT FORMS OF BACTERIA.

Answer 26

SPORULATION

Question 27

INVOLVES THE INCREASE IN SIZE

Answer 27

GROWTH

Question 28

PROCESS OF CHANGE THAT CAUSES AN ORGANISM TO BECOME MORE COMPLEX DURING ITS LIFETIME.

Answer 28

DEVELOPMENT

Question 29

LIVING THINGS OBTAIN ENERGY FROM THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

Answer 29

CONSTANT ENERGY REQUIREMENT

Question 30

ORGANISM USE THEIR POWER TO MOVE THEMSELVES ON THEIR BODY PARTS THROUGH SPACE.

Answer 30

MOVEMENT

Question 31

ORGANISM HAS TO ADAPT IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.

Answer 31

ADAPTATION

Question 32

TYPES OF ADAPTATION

Answer 32

BEHAVIORAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRUCTURAL.

Question 33

ORGANIZED CHEMICAL STEPS BREAK DOWN MOLECULES AND CONVERT THEM INTO PRODUCTS THAT BUILD BODY PARTS OR MAKE ENERGY AVAILABLE.

Answer 33

METABOLISM

Question 34

ANABOLIC

Answer 34

IN-ACTIVE

Question 35

CATABOLIC

Answer 35

ACTIVE

Question 36

IT IS A PROPERTY OF SYSTEMS THAT REGULATE THEMSELVES TO A RELATIVELY STABLE STATE.

Answer 36

HOMEOSTASIS

Question 37

HOMEO?

Answer 37

STEADY

Question 38

STASIS?

Answer 38

STATE

Question 39

THE ABILITY OF AN ORGANISM TO PASS CERTAIN GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS FROM PARENTS TO THEIR OFFSPRINGS.

Answer 39

HEREDITARY

Question 40

ORGANISM PERCEIVES THE DIFFERENT STIMULI IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND REACTS TO THEM.

Answer 40

RESPONSIVENESS

Question 41

THE ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF FUNTIONS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE.

Answer 41

ORGANIZATION