Characteristics of Living Things
The Chemicals of Life
The Needs of Living Things
Experiments From Class
Miscellaneous
100
A Venus flytrap is made up of billions of cells. What is another name for an organism like this one?
multicelluar
100
What are lipids made up of?
fatty acids (that's what they are called!!) :)
100
What are the three different categories that tell how organisms get their food?
Producer, consumer, and decomposer
100
What was a substance that bean seeds needed to germinate?
water, warmth, dark, soil...
100
What is the name given for all of an organism's chemical activities?
metabolism
200
A hydra and an amoeba are examples of organisms that can reproduce in a specific way. What is the name of this type of reproduction?
asexual
200
What are the names of two types of carbohydrates-one simple carb and one complex carb? Bonus-200 points: How are these two types of carbs related to each other?
simple-sugar complex-starch
200
What type of gas is needed by almost every organism? Bonus-100 points: What is the chemical symbol for this element?
oxygen Chemical symbol-O
200
What kind of substance does the paper bag experiment test for?
lipids-fats and oils
200
Living, Nonliving, or Dead? -the sun -oxygen -a leaf on the ground -grass
nonliving, nonliving, dead, living
300
Charlie is very sneaky. He often hides behind a door and jumps out to scare his brother. As a result, his brother screams and runs away. Name the stimulus and response in this example.
Stimulus-Charlie jumps out from behind a door. Response-Brother screams and runs away.
300
What are three organism structures that are made primarily out of proteins?
hair, feathers, spider webs
300
Define the term "habitat".
A place where an organism can obtain all the things it needs to survive.
300
What kind of substance does the iodine experiment test for?
starch
300
What are three quantitative observations of this plant?
height, width of leaf, number of leaves...
400
Your body normally stays at a temperature of about 37 degrees Celsius. When it gets too hot, your body sweats to cool you down. When you get too cold, your body shivers to warm you up. What is this balance known as?
homeostasis
400
What would happen to your body if it didn't create enough ATP?
Your body would not have enough energy to carry out all its activities.
400
How do many ocean animals obtain the water they need to survive?
They eat other organisms that are mostly made up of water.
400
What are three foods that reacted with the paper bag?
popcorn, cake, sausage, cheese, oil
400
Yuck! There are organisms living on our cut apples! What are they and what kind of category do they fall into as far as how they get their food?
mold-decomposers bacteria-decomposers
500
Explain the difference between growth and development.
Growth-Organism gets larger. Development-Organism changes to become more complicated.
500
What is the whole name for DNA and what does it do for living things?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid DNA contains the information needed to make proteins. Proteins take part in a lot of the activities in an organism and also determine an organism's characteristics.
500
What are 2 examples of plant competition? What are 2 examples of animal competition?
Plants-bending toward light, growing longer roots to get to more water, sending out vines to grow on other plants, growing taller than other plants to get more light.. Animals-fighting for mates, water, territory, food...
500
What is the name of the organized process that scientists follow to find a solution to a question or problem? What is the name of the scientist's possible answer to the question?
-the scientific method -a hypothesis
500
Draw a phospholipid. What is their function in a living thing?
They make up part of the cell membrane and help keep good things in cells, bad things out, and let needed things in.