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science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If the theory of spontaneous generation were true, it might be possible for | then life could spring from nonliving matter |
| An organism that does not ingest food is | a producer |
| The process by which living things take in oxygen and use it to help produce energy is called | resperation |
| An action of an organism due to a change in its surroundings is called a | Response |
| A type of reproduction that requires two parents is called | sexual reproduction |
| All living things get energy either directly or indirectly from | the sun |
| A substance that makes up a large part of your body and helps transport materials within it is | blood or water |
| Animals whose body temperatures change with changes in the temperature of their environment are called | cold blooded |
| Which of the following is not a basic need of all living things | blood..... |
| All the chemical activities in an organism are called | metalbolism |
| Organic compounds contain the element | carbon |
| The main source of energy for the human body is | carbohydrates |
| which of the following is not are living things not able to do | not breathe, stand still forever |
| in order to live plants and animals need | food, oxygen, water, and living space |
| the process by which food is broken down into simpler substances is | digestion |
| A signal that causes an organism to react is known as | stimulas |
| A special type of protein that controls chemical activity in the body is a | enzyme |
| in organisms, oxygen combines with the products of digestion to produce | energy |
| A nucleic acid that"carries" instructions on how to build protein is | DNA |
| The idea that life can spring from nonliving matter is known as | spontaneous generation |
| proteins are broken down inside the body into a sugar called glucose | true |
| characteristics of all living things are movement, growth, reproduction, response, and metalbolism | true |
| the building blocks of fats are amino acids | false |
| secretion is the removal of waste products from an organism | false |
| the ringing of an alarm clock in the morning is an example of stimulas | true |
| unicellular organisms contain many cells | false |
| francesco redi proved that the theory of spontaneous generation was true | false |
| nonliving things need energy to survive | false |
| only living things are made of carbon | false |
| an animal needs living space to survive | true |
| All chemical activities within a living thing are called its __________ | metalbolism |
| an organism's ___________ is the greatest length of time that it can be expected to live | life span |
| compounds that always contain the element carbon are called ___ compounds | organic compound |
| A ____ is a substance that cannot be broken down into other kinds of substances | element |
| the theory that states that life can spring from nonliving matter is called _____ generation | spontaneous |
| green plants produce food in a process called ________ | photoshesis |
| two or more elements combined chemically form a ________ | compound |
| plants obtain their energy from the _____ | sun |
| animals that maintain a constant body temperature are called _______ animals | warm blooded |
| the nucleic acid that stores the information needed to build protein is _______ | DNA |