LIVING ORGANISMS AND LIFE PROCESSES
- is the process by which living organisms take in food?
Feeding - What characteristic of living organisms involves the exchange of gases with the environment?
Breathing - What process allows living organisms to produce offspring?
Reproducing - Which characteristic refers to the increase in size or complexity of living organisms?
Growing - What term describes the ability of living organisms to move from one place to another?
Locomotion - Which characteristic refers to an organism’s ability to respond to stimuli?
Sensitivity - What is the process of eliminating waste products from the body?
Excretion - What do we call things that do not possess the characteristics of life?
Non-living things - What is the term for the chemical processes that occur within a living organism to maintain life?
Metabolism - What are the two types of metabolism?
Catabolism and Anabolism - What is the process of breaking down large molecules into smaller ones called?
Catabolism - What is the process of building complex molecules from simpler ones called?
Anabolism - What role do enzymes play in metabolism?
They speed up chemical reactions. - What is the substance that enzymes act upon called?
Substrate - What are the proteins that act as biological catalysts in the body?
Enzymes - Which characteristic of living organisms involves detecting and reacting to changes in the environment?
Sensitivity - What term refers to the removal of metabolic waste from the body?
Excretion - What distinguishes living organisms from non-living things?
Life processes like feeding, breathing, and growing. - What are the seven characteristics of living organisms?
Feeding, breathing, reproducing, growing, locomotion, sensitivity, and excretion. - Why is metabolism essential for living organisms?
It provides energy and materials for growth, repair, and reproduction.