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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 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... | respiration |
| 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... | 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 temperatures of their environment are called... | cold-blooded |
| Which of the following is not a basic need of all living things... | blood skin eyes |
| All the chemical activities in an organism are called... | metabolism |
| 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... | spontaneously generate |
| In order to live, all plants and animals need... | oxygen energy water food |
| 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... | stimuli |
| 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 the "carries" instructions on how to build protein is... | DNA |
| The idea that life could spring from nonliving matter is known as... | spontaneous generation |
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| All the chemical activities within a living thing are called its __________. | metabolism |
| 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 __________________. | organic compounds |
| An _______ 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 _____________. | spontaneous generation |
| Green plants produce food in a process called ________. | photosynthesis |
| 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 information needed to build proteins is _________. | DNA |