Life Functions test

Question 1

Taking food into the body (for example single cell organisms through membrane)

Answer 1

Ingestion

Question 2

Breaking down food so It can be used by the organism (example enzymes)

Answer 2

Digestion

Question 3

The removal of solid waste (ex.poop)

Answer 3

Egestion

Question 4

Absorption and circulation of materials throughout organism (body) (ex. Xylem up phloem down)

Answer 4

Transport

Question 5

So process of making energy from nutrients inside the cell

Answer 5

Respiration

Question 6

The process of removing cellular waste from an organism (example urine or sweat)

Answer 6

Excretion

Question 7

When small molecules are put to gather to make bigger molecules (example amino acids make protein which makes muscle)

Answer 7

Synthesis

Question 8

An increase in either sell size or cell number

Answer 8

Growth

Question 9

How the nervous system controls and coordinates life functions

Answer 9

Regulation Nervous system

Question 10

Making new organisms like parents not (necessary for individual but for species)

Answer 10

Reproduction

Question 11

All the chemical reactions carried on by an organism

Answer 11

Metabolism

Question 12

Maintaining a stable internal environment to cope with the changes in the outside environment

Answer 12

Homeostasis

Question 13

A nitrogen containing organic compound made of a chain of amino acids

Answer 13

Protein

Question 14

Building blocks of proteins contain a carboxyl box and variable to side chain

Answer 14

Amino acids

Question 15

When two or more amino acids combined by dehydration synthesis

Answer 15

Dipeptides

Question 16

Went three or more amino acids combined together also called a protein

Answer 16

Polypeptide

Question 17

Facts or oils and waxes
Compounds that are insoluble in water but soluble and solvents

• function in long-term energy storage 1 g of fat stores more than twice as much energy as a gram of carbohydrates
• also an important component of cell membrane

Answer 17

Lipids

Question 18

Large proteins that act as catalysts for organic reaction

Answer 18

Enzymes

Question 19

Anything that speeds up a reaction

Answer 19

Organic Catalyst

Question 20

The substance acted upon by the enzyme

Answer 20

Substrate

Question 21

The usual three letter ending of an enzyme’s name

Answer 21

Ase

Question 22

When the material is taken from the environment and used by the organism

Answer 22

Nutrition

Question 23

A component necessary for the functioning of an enzyme usually a vitamin

Answer 23

Coenzyme

Question 24

Factors that influence enzyme action

Answer 24

Temperature
Enzyme concentration
PH

Question 25

Compounds that contain both hydrogen and carbon

Answer 25

Organic

Question 26

Compounds that do not contain hydrogen and carbon | Ex. plants

Answer 26

Inorganic

Question 27

The sugars or starters are used as a primary source of energy. contains H2O in a 1 to 2 ratio

Answer 27

Carbohydrates

Question 28

Simple or single sugar contain a single sugar hexagon shape

Answer 28

Monosaccharide

Question 29

Sugar made up of two monosaccharides

Answer 29

Disaccharide

Question 30

Three or more monosaccharides in Sugar these are starches

Answer 30

Polysaccharide

Question 31

The process where smaller molecules are combined to form larger ones by losing water

Answer 31

Dehydration synthesis

Question 32

Breaking Michael's apart by using water

Answer 32

Hydrolysis (lys means to slice)

Question 33

structure found in the cell nucleus that is made of DNA and protein. It contains the hereditary information

Answer 33

Chromosomes

Question 34

Substrate inside the cell that performs a specific function

Answer 34

Organelles

Question 35

Surrounds the cell selectively rRegulates passage pr materials into and out of the cell ( is semi permeable

Answer 35

Cell membrane/ plasma membrane

Question 36

The liquid part inside of cell. Organelles float in this material

Answer 36

Cytoplasm

Question 37

Control center of the cell. | *contians genetic material

Answer 37

Nucleus

Question 38

Organell inside of nucleus contains RNA

Answer 38

Nucleolus

Question 39

Sight of protein synthesis

Answer 39

Ribosome

Question 40

Canals inside the cell that allows intercellular transport

Answer 40

Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 41

Mitochondria

Answer 41

Sight of aerobic respiration. Energy for life functions are produced here.

Question 42

Golgi apparatus

Answer 42

Involved in the packaging of materials before they are transported outside the cell to the blood stream

Question 43

Lysosomes

Answer 43

Contain digestive enzymes that add in Intercellular digestion

Question 44

Centrioles

Answer 44

Used in the cellular division

Question 45

Vacuoles

Answer 45

Large place inside the cell that stores food and water

Question 46

Chloroplast

Answer 46

Green Chlorophyll containing organelles found in plant cells. Site of photosynthesis

Question 47

Cell wall

Answer 47

Found on the outside of plant cells gives plant it's shape