Characteristics of life
Name one of the seven characteristics of living things.
Movement, nutrition, respiration, response/sensitivity, reproduction, growth or excretion.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
The Animal kingdom.
What is the smallest unit with the basic properties of life?
The cell
What do cells work together to make?
Tissues.
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming.
Which characteristic allows living things to produce offspring?
Reproduction
Which kingdom includes mushrooms and yeast?
The Fungi kingdom.
Which cell part contains genetic information?
The nucleus
What do tissues work together to make?
Organs
Penicillin comes from which kingdom: plants, animals, Monera or fungi?
Fungi.
Which characteristic means getting rid of waste substances?
Excretion
Which kingdom includes bacteria such as Escherichia coli?
Monera
Which cell part controls what enters and leaves the cell?
The cell membrane
Give an example of an organ.
Heart
Name the seven characteristics of living things
Movement, growth, reproduction, respiration, nutrition, response/sensitivity and excretion
Which characteristic of living things allows them to react to changes in their environment?
Response/sensitivity
A living thing makes its own food using sunlight and water. Is it a plant or an animal?
Plant
Name two structures found in plant cells but not animal cells
The cell wall and chloroplasts.
Put these in order, from simplest to most complex: organ, cell, organism, tissue, system.
Cell → tissue → organ → system → organism.
Name the five kingdoms
Animal, Plant, Fungi, Monera and Protist
A living organism gets bigger, uses nutrients and produces waste. Name the three characteristics described.
Growth, nutrition and excretion.
Which kingdom includes organisms that cannot make their own food and get energy from other organisms?
The Fungi kingdom
A plant cell needs to make food using sunlight. Which structure helps it do this?
The chloroplasts.
What is the difference between a tissue and an organ?
A tissue is made of cells working together, while an organ is made of different tissues working together.
A scientist discovers a microscopic, unicellular organism. Which kingdom could it belong to, according to the five kingdoms classification?
Monera or Protista, depending on the organism's characteristics.