Question |
Answer |
If the theory of spontaneous generation were true, it might be possible for |
living things to come from non-living things |
An organism that does not ingest food is a |
producer |
The process by which living things take in oxygen and use it to help produce energy is called |
resperation |
An action of an organism due to a change in its surroundings is called a |
responce |
A type of reproduction that requires two parents is called |
sexual reproduction |
All living things get energy either directly or indirectly from the |
Hydrogen Fusion π but you want me to put the SUN! |
A substance that makes up a large part of your body and helps transport materials within it is |
blood or water |
Animals whose body temperatures change with changes in the temperature of their environment are called |
cold blooded |
Which of the following is not a basic need of all living things? |
I answer with a question where is the following? |
All the chemical activities in an organism are called |
matisbolism |
Organic compounds contain the element |
CARBON! π that ones in my notes π |
The main source of energy for the human body is |
carbohydrates |
Which of the following are living things not able to do? |
Again, where are the following? π |
In order to live, all plants and animals need |
water |
The process by which food is broken down into simpler substances is |
digestion |
A signal that causes an organism to react is known as a |
stimulis |
A special type of protein that controls chemical activity in the body is a |
enzymes |
In organisms, oxygen combines with the products of digestion to produce |
energy |
A nucleic acid that "carries" instructions on how to build protein is |
DNA |
The idea that life could spring from nonliving matter is known as |
spontaneous generation |
Proteins are broken down inside the body into a sugar called glucose. |
True |
Characteristics of all living things are movement, growth, reproduction, response, and metabolism. |
True |
The building blocks of fats are amino acids. |
False |
Secretion is the removal of waste products from an organism |
False |
The ringing of an alarm clock in the morning is an example of a stimulus. |
True |
Unicellular organisms contain many cells. |
False |
Francisco Redi proved that the theory of spontaneous generation was true |
False |
Nonliving things need energy to survive. |
False |
Only living things are made up of carbon. |
False |
An animal needs living space to survive. |
True |
All the chemical activities within a living thing are called its |
metabolism |
An organism's ____ is the greatest length of time that it can be expected to live. |
life span |
Compounds that always contain the element carbon are called ______ compounds. |
organic |
The theory that states that life can spring from nonliving matter is called ______ generation. |
spontanious |
Green plants produce food in a process called ____. |
photosynthisis |
Two or more elements chemically form a _____ . |
compound |
Plants obtain their energy from the _____ . |
sun |
Animals that maintain a constant body temperature are called ___ animals. |
warm blooded |
The nucleic acid that stores the information needed to build proteins is _______ . |
DNA |