Characteristics of Living Things
Experiment
Key Terms
Things Needed to Survive
Fun Facts
100
this is a term used to describe a living thing
What is organism?
100
True or False. Four hundred years ago, people believed that life could appear from nonliving material.
True
100
This type of reproduction only requires one parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
100
Name one reason why organisms need water.
What are it help break down food, helps organisms to grow, moves substances throughout the body, and reproduction.
100
Name one fact about Kismet.
What is Kismet can show facial expressions, hold a conversation, and can learn from humans.
200
Name the two types of cellular organization?
What is unicellular and multicellular?
200
What two word term describes a series of tests that are identical in every aspect except for one factor?
What is controlled experiment?
200
This is the combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down foods. People can have Low.... this or High ... this. People that have a lower blank are usually tired and lazy. People that have a higher blank are usually very energetic.
What is metabolism?
200
Give an example of homeostasis.
What is shivering when you are cold, sweating when you are hot, bluebirds fluffing their feathers in cold months to keep heat.
200
Name the most abundant chemical.
What is water?
300
What is the difference between growth and development?
growth: process of becoming larger development: process of change that occurs during an organisms life
300
Name the scientist that showed that flies do not spontaneously generate from decaying meat.
Who is Francesco Redi?
300
This is the idea that living things can arise from nonliving sources.
What is spontaneous generation?
300
Name an example of an autotroph.
What is a plant
300
What chemical is the cell's main energy source?
What are carbohydrates?
400
Name the two types of reproduction and give me the definition.
What is asexual and sexual reproduction? Asexual: One parent and offspring is identical to the parent Sexual: Two parents and offspring has genetic material from both parents
400
In Redi's experiment (decaying meat), what was the manipulated variable?
What is the jar cover?
400
This term is the name of an organism that makes its own food. This term is the name of an organism that cannot make its own food.
What is autotroph and heterotroph?
400
Name three things that an organism must be able to do in their living space.
What are get food, get water, and find shelter.
400
Name an animal that asexually reproduces.
What are Marmorkrebs. Komodo Dragons. Whiptail Lizards. Hammerhead Sharks. Parasitic Wasps.
500
A student comes into the classroom and slams the door. Another student goes over to the student that slammed the door and yells at him. What is the stimulus? What is the response?
Stimulus: Noise from slamming the door Response: Another student yells at the student for slamming the door.
500
Name the scientist that disproved spontaneous generation with flasks that contained a curved neck.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
500
This term is the maintenance of stable internal conditions.
What is homeostasis?
500
True or false. Mushrooms are an example of a heterotroph.
What is True
500
Name the percentage of how much water makes up the liquid part of blood.
What is 90%
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