Unit 1 - Characteristics of Living Organisms

Biology

________ is the study of living organisms, which are divided into 5 groups and the groups are.

Nutrition

________- The taking in of materials for energy, growth and development; plants require light, CO2 and water and ions; animals require organic compounds and ions.

Respiration

________: Is the chemical reaction that breaks down nutrient molecules in living cells to release energy for metabolism.

Viruses

________ are paracites which multiply when it enters another organism (host)

Movement:e

________- an action by an organism or part of an organism causing a change in position or place.

internal skeleton

All vertebrates have ________ made of bone and catilage.

Growth:

________- A permeant increase in size and dry mass by an increase in cell number or cell size or both.

genetic material

They are made up of ________, rounded by a protein coat.

Animal Cells

________ contains a nucleus but no ________ walls or chloroplast.

Virus

________ are not in any kingdom, they are classified on the basis of the type of genetic material and the protein coat they have.

alive material

Most fungi are saprotrophs or parasitic (on ________) nutrition.

Sensitivity:

________- The ability to detect or sense stimuli in the external environment and to make appropriate responses.

Swedish naturalist

Organism were first classified by a(n) ________ called Linnaeus in a way that allows sud division of living organisms into smaller and more specialised groups.

Excretion

________: the removal of toxic material, waste products from metabolism (chemical reaction in cells, including respiration) and substances in excess of material.

fungi

The ________ reproduce by making spores that can be carried by the wind.

Reproduction:

________- is the process that makes more of the same kind of organism.