Vocabulary
One of the two types of respiration, this one requires the use of oxygen.
Answer: Aerobic Respiration
Stained yeast were added to a paramecium culture, and some of the yeast were ingested by the paramecia. This activity is most closely associated with which life function?
(1) Synthesis
(2) Regulation
(3) Nutrition
(4) Growth
Answer: (3) Nutrition
All the chemical reactions that are going on and the speed at which those reactions take place.
Answer: Metabolism
(1) Genetically different from each other
(2) Produced from specialized cells known as gametes
(3) Genetically identical to the parent
(4) Produced as a result of fertilization
Answer: (3) Genetically identical to the parent
Is control and coordination of day to day life activities.
Answer: Regulation
Second of the two types of respiration, this one does not require the use of oxygen.
Answer: Anaerobic Respiration
Organisms that obtain and ingest organic molecules for their nutrition are classified as ____
(1) Autotrophs
(2) Producers
(3) Algae
(4) Heterotrophs
Answer: (4) Heterotrophs
The continuous movement of blood in the body and the circulation of nutrients and other things in the body.
Answer: Circulation
Which activity occurs in the process of photosynthesis?
(1) Chemical energy from organic molecules is converted into light energy
(2) Organic molecules are obtained from the environment
(3) Organic molecules are converted into inorganic food molecules
(4) Light energy is converted into the chemical energy of organic molecules
Answer: (4) Light energy is converted into the chemical energy of organic molecules
Is anything that a living organism reacts to.
Answer: Stimulus
A form of Nutrition where organisms synthesize your own food.
Answer: Autotrophic Nutrition
What is a direct result of aerobic respiration?
(1) The potential energy of glucose is transferred to ATP molecules
(2) The enzymes for anaerobic respiration are produced and stored in lyosomes
(3) Lactic acid is produced in muscle tissue
(4) Alcohol is produced by yeast and bacteria
Answer: (1) The potential energy of glucose is transferred to ATP molecules
Is the failure to maintain homeostasis in the body.
Answer: Disease
The members of a certain species of grass in a lawn are genetically identical. The best explanation for this observation is that the species most probably reproduces _____
(1) By an asexual method
(2) After pollination by the wind
(3) After pollination by a particular species of bee
(3) By identical sperm fertilizing the eggs
Answer: (1) By an asexual method
Is the release of energy from nutrients.
Answer: Respiration
Is an organism that eats other plants and animals as a source for energy and nutrients.
Answer: Heterotrophic Nutrition
The life function of transport in an organism directly involves those activities used to ____
(1) Absorb and distribute materials
(2) Obtain and hydrolyze materials
(3) Release energy from food
(4) Produce cellular waste materials
Answer: (1) Absorb and distribute materials
To build large complex compounds from smaller less complex compounds.
Answer: Synthesis
Small molecules are combined to form large molecules by the life function of ____
(1) Regulation
(2) Excretion
(3) Transport
(4) Synthesis
Answer: (4) Synthesis
Is the union of the sperm and egg and doesn’t always require two parents
Answer: Sexual Reproduction
Your body's ability to maintain optimum or best conditions for life.
Answer: Homeostasis
Which term includes all the activities required to keep an organism alive?
(1) Growth
(2) Excretion
(3) Metabolism
(4) Nutrition
Answer: (3) Metabolism
The collecting and removal of waste instead of your body.
Answer: Excretion
(1) Synthesis
(2) Pinocytosis
(3) Hydrolysis
(4) Cyclosis
Answer: (1) Synthesis
Is one of the two types of reproductions, this one requires one parent and the offspring will be genetically identical to the parent.
Answer: Asexual Reproduction