Living Organisms
True or False. Fire is a living organism
False
The scientist credited for proposing the theory of evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
What system is made up by a group of organs that work together to turn the food and drink you consume into the energy and nutrients your body needs to survive.
What is the digestive system?
The study of all living things
What is biology?
Living and non living things that make up a particular area
What is an ecosystem?
Term describes the process by which species gradually change over time
What is Evolution?
True or False. The human body has 157 bones.
False.
The process by which plants produce their own food
What is photosynthesis?
All living things can be placed into one of six major categories called ______
What are kingdoms?
Adaptation that allows animals to blend into its environment
What is camouflage?
Approximately 60% of the human body is composed of this compound.
What is water?
The gas that humans breathe out
What is Carbon Dioxide?
True or False. All living organisms breathe oxygen to survive
True or False. Sharks have been on Earth longer than trees.
True
Characteristics of the human body such as eye and hair color, are determined by ______
What are genes?/What is DNA?
Body system that fights infections
What is the immune system?
The smallest functional and structural unit of all living organisms
What is the cell?
True or False. Humans and bananas share about 60% of their genes
True
What molecule serves as a fast source of energy?
carbohydrates
Part of the cell that contains genetic information
What is the nucleus?