Branches of Life Science
Living Things
Needs of Organisms
How Organisms Use Energy
Behavior and Reproduction
100
The scientific study of the areas of science that deal with living things.
What is LIFE SCIENCE?
100
Any living thing.
What is an ORGANISM?
100
Organisms that make their own food.
What is an AUTOTROPH?
100
The process of taking in food.
What is INGESTION?
100
This type of reproduction requires two parents.
What is SEXUAL REPRODUCTION?
200
The studying or working in only one part of a subject.
What is SPECIALIZATION?
200
The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
What is a CELL?
200
The location that provides organisms with what they need to survive.
What is a HABITAT?
200
The process of breaking down food so that it can be used by living things.
What is DIGESTION?
200
This type of reproduction only requires one parent.
What is ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION?
300
The branch of life science that studies plants.
What is BOTANY?
300
Plants make their own food using sunlight. This means they are______.
What are AUTOTROPHS?
300
Humans can go about 3 days without this.
What is WATER?
300
The process of moving nutrients in a living thing.
What is TRANSPORT?
300
This is an example of what type of reproduction?
What is ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION?
400
The branch of science that studies animals.
What is ZOOLOGY?
400
A reaction to a change.
What is a RESPONSE?
400
Animals need to eat to survive. They cannot make their own food so they are called this.
What are HETEROTROPHS?
400
The process of getting rid of wastes?
What is EXCRETION?
400
The picture above shows an example of a type of asexual reproduction. Is this called:
a)budding
b)fragmentation
c)binary fission
Fragmentation!
500
The branch of science that studies the way living things interact with their environment.
What is ECOLOGY?
500
The process of keeping the internal conditions the same.
What is HOMEOSTASIS?
500
The chemical reaction by which a cell releases energy from food molecules.
What is CELLULAR RESPIRATION?
500
Something produced in addition to the main product.
What is a BYPRODUCT?
500
The diagram below shows the structure of a plant. Does this plant reproduce sexually or asexually?
What is SEXUAL REPRODUCTION?