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Study Guide 1
Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If the theory of spontaneous generation were true, it might be possible for | Life to spring non-living matter |
| An organism that does not ingest food is | producer |
| The process by which living things take oxygen and use it to help produce energy is called | resperation |
| An action of an organism due to a change in its surroundings. | response |
| A type of reproduction that requires two parents is called reproduction. | sexual |
| All living things get energy either directly or indirectly from | the sun |
| A substance that makes up a large part of the body and helps transport materials within it is | blood/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. | not able to due |
| All the chemical activities in an organism are called | matabolism |
| Organic compounds contain the element. | carbon |
| The main source of energy for the human body is | carbohydrates |
| Which of the following are living things not able to do? | not able to do |
| In order to live, all plants and animals need | energy |
| The process by which food is broken down into simpler substances is | digestion |
| A signal that causes an organism to react is known as a | stimulas |
| A special type of protein that controls chemical activity in the body is a (an) | enzymes |
| 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 could 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 thins are movement, growth, reproduction, response, and metabolism. | true |
| The building blocks of fats are amino acids. | false |
| Secretion is the removal of waster products from an organism. | false |
| The ringing of an alarm clock in the morning is an example of a stimulus. | true |
| Unicellular organisms contain many cells. | false |
| Francesco Redi proved with the theory of spontaneous generation was true. | false |
| Nonliving thins need energy to survive | false |
| Only living things are made up of carbon | false |
| An animal needs living space to survive | true |
| All the chemical activities within a living thing are called its ____ | matabolism |
| An organisms ___ 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 |
| A (an) _____ is a substance that cannot be broken down into other kinds of substances. | element |
| The theory that states that life can spring form non-living matter is called ______ generation | spontaneos generation |
| Green plants produce food in a process called ______ | photosynthesis |
| Two or more elements combined chemically form a (an)_____ | compound |
| Plants obtain their energy from the ____ | the sun |
| Animals that maintain a constant body temperature are called _______ animals | warm-blooded |
| The nucleic acid that stores the information needed to build proteins is _______ | DNA |