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What is the meaning of the word environment?
An environment is everything that surrounds a living thing.
All organisms have the same life span. True or False? (For a response of "False," the team must provide the reason the statement is false.)
False
Answers may vary, but the statement is false because some organisms only live a short time (Mayflies live a day) while others live for years (certain trees can live for 5,000 years).
What is an organism?
An organism is any living thing or once-living thing.
What is botany?
Botany is the study of plant life.
Which 2 of the following are organisms?
dog, robot, dead fly, pencil
Explain why they are organisms
A dog and dead fly are organisms.
They are alive or once were alive.
What is a life span?
A life span is the amount of time an organism lives.
Some trees grow for millions of years before reaching their full height.
(For a response of "False," the team must provide the reason the statement is false.)
False.
Some trees grow for hundreds of years before reaching their full height.
Give an example of an organism responding to its environment.
Answers may vary: any living thing reacting to something in its environment
Which field of science would a scientist be in if he/she studied animals?
Zoology
300 Feet Tall
What is waste?
Waste is the part of food that an organism does not need after it uses the food for energy.
Most animals and plants come from two parents. True or False?
(For a response of "False," the team must provide the reason the statement is false.)
True
According to the textbook, how long can an organism live without food?
a few weeks
Which kind of life science would require a microscope?
microbiology
What would happen if Earth was just 5 percent farther away from the sun?
What does SETI stand for?
SETI stands for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Plants use the sun's energy to change water and carbon dioxide into sugar, which is stored in the plant as food. True or False?
(For a response of "False," the team must provide the reason the statement is false.)
True.
According to the textbook, what do scientists think is the world's largest organism?
a giant underground fungus (on Wisconsin-Michigan border; covers 37 acres; weighs over 100 tons)
All life sciences are also called what?
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Biology
Name 3 reasons an organism moves.
1) to find food
2) to move away from danger
3) to find a mate
What is the name of the life science where scientists may study how a plant responds to its environment?
Ecology
According to the textbook, the average life span of a human is 74 years. True or False? Explain why a google search will produce a different life span for humans than the textbook.
True.
The textbook was written several years ago. Advances in medical technology are increasing the life span of humans.
A plant is a living thing, so what are the five characteristics that is has?
1) They get (make) and use food for energy.
2) They move.
3) They grow.
4) They reproduce.
5) They respond to their environment.
A scientist who studies how diseases may be inherited, or passed down from one generation to the next, is working in what field of science?
genetics
Some plants have a defense against being eaten or touched. Name 3 of these type of plants.
poison ivy, mistletoe, poinsettia, rhododendron, oleander, toadstools (these are the examples from the book)