Levals Of Organization In Living Things

Question 1

Prokary

Answer 1

any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane

Question 2

Eukary

Answer 2

any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, a membrane-bound nucleus enclosing genetic material organized into chromosomes, and an elaborate system of division by mitosis or meiosis, characteristic of all life forms except bacteria, blue-green algae, and other primitive microorganisms.f

Question 3

Unicellular

Answer 3

having or consisting of a single cell.

Question 4

Multicellular

Answer 4

composed of several or many cells.

Question 5

Autotrophic

Answer 5

any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists

Question 6

Heterotrophic

Answer 6

capable of utilizing only organic materials as a source of food

Question 7

Sexual reproduction

Answer 7

reproduction involving the union of gametes.

Question 8

Asexual reproduction

Answer 8

independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells

Question 9

Stimuli

Answer 9

something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought

Question 10

Homeostasis

Answer 10

the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.

Question 11

Evolution

Answer 11

any process of formation or growth; development

Question 12

Classification

Answer 12

Biology. the assignment of organisms to groups within a system of categories distinguished by structure, origin,

Question 13

Taxonomy

Answer 13

the science or technique of classification

Question 14

Cell

Answer 14

a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms.

Question 15

Tissue

Answer 15

an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.

Question 16

Organ

Answer 16

grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task.

Question 17

Organs system

Answer 17

grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task. And many of them in the human and animal body

Question 18

Organism

Answer 18

a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.