The Characteristics of Life

Question 1

Metabolism

Answer 1

The sum of all the chemical reactions in an organism

Question 2

Continuity of Life

Answer 2

Means that living things arise from other living things of the same type.

Question 3

Life

Answer 3

Living things show all the following characteristics:

1. organised into cells
2. nutrition
3. excretion
4. response
5. reproduction

Question 4

Organisation

Answer 4

Cells make up Tissues, which make up Organs, which make up Organ Systems, which make
up Organisms which make up Populations.

Question 5

Nutrition

Answer 5

Nutrition is the way organisms use food e.g. green plants use light energy to make glucose in
Photosynthesis

Question 6

Excretion

Answer 6

This is the removal of waste products of metabolism from the body

Question 7

Response

Answer 7

The way in which all living things react to changes (called stimuli) in their environment or
surroundings. e.g. plant bends towards the light.

Question 8

Reproduction

Answer 8

This is the production of new individuals. e.g. bacteria reproduce by Binary Fission, yeasts
reproduce by budding.