Living Things Biology

Question 1

Life Functions

Answer 1

RRREGNTS
Regulation
Respiration
Reproduction
Excretion 
Growth
Nutrition
Transport
Synthesis

Question 2

Biology

Answer 2

Study of Life

Question 3

Biologist

Answer 3

Person who studies life

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

a living thing

Question 5

Characteristics of Life

Answer 5

MRGRAM
Movement
Reproduction
Growth
Response
Adaptation
Metabolism

Question 6

species

Answer 6

A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.

Question 7

Kingdom

Answer 7

First and Largest category to classify organisms

Question 8

Viruses

Answer 8

tiny particles, smaller than bacteria and other pathogens, which must invade living cells in order to reproduce; when they invade, the cells are damaged or destroyed in the process releasing new particles to infect other cells

Question 9

Nutrients

Answer 9

Compounds in food that the body requires for proper growth, maintenance, and functioning

Question 10

Protein

Answer 10

A three dimensional polymer made of monomers of amino acids. (Meats, fish)

Question 11

Carbohydrates

Answer 11

Broken down to glucose to provide energy.(Rice, chips)

Question 12

Lipids

Answer 12

fats and oil

Question 13

Ingestion

Answer 13

Intake of food

Question 14

Digestion

Answer 14

Breaking down food

Question 15

Egestion

Answer 15

excreting of undigested waste

Question 16

autotrophic nutrition

Answer 16

when an organism produces its own food & is the source of energy for all other living things

Question 17

Photosynthesis

Answer 17

Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy.

Question 18

Heterotrophic nutrition

Answer 18

Organisms must consume nutrients from other organisms

Question 19

Transport

Answer 19

The movement of substances such as oxygen, nutrients, hormones, waste and heat around the body

Question 20

cellular respiration

Answer 20

Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

Question 21

aerobic respiration

Answer 21

Respiration that requires oxygen

Question 22

Anaerobic Respiration

Answer 22

Respiration that does not require oxygen

Question 23

ATP

Answer 23

(adenosine triphosphate) main energy source that cells use for most of their work

Question 24

Synthesis

Answer 24

To make, synthesize, needed substances.

Question 25

Assimilation

Answer 25

the movement of digested food molecules into the cells of the body where they are used

Question 26

Growth

Answer 26

increase in size

Question 27

cellular specialization

Answer 27

In multicellular organisms, the division of labor such that different cell types become responsible for different functions (e.g., reproduction or digestion) within the organism.

Question 28

Excretion

Answer 28

Process by which metabolic wastes are eliminated from the body

Question 29

regulation

Answer 29

New individuals of the same species

Question 30

Reproduction

Answer 30

the production of offspring

Question 31

Asexual

Answer 31

When an organism reproduces itself

Question 32

Sexual

Answer 32

A reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents

Question 33

Metabolism

Answer 33

the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

Question 34

Homeostasis

Answer 34

process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment