Give at least three characteristics of living organisms
To reproduce, grow and develop, obtain matter from the environment and use energy, and respond to stimuli, whether internal or coming from the environment
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TRUE or FALSE. Living organisms don't have the ability to detect changes in their surrounding environment and to respond to them.
False
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What do you call the change in the environment that causes a change in the activity of an organism
Stimulus
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What do you call the reaction of an organism to a stimulus?
Response
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The process through which an organism creates new organisms identical or almost identical to it.
Reproduction
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This type of reproduction allows two compatible organisms cooperate in order to produce new living organisms that will share traits of both parents.
Sexual Reproduction
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This type of reproduction allows an organism produces new living organisms that are identical to it.
Asexual Reproduction
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TRUE or FALSE: All living organisms are produced by the reproduction of other living organisms.
True
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TRUE or FALSE: Living organisms increase. Their size and weight grow.
False. Living organisms grow. Their size and weight increase.
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It is the change of form or structure in an individual after hatching or birth
Metamorphosis
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These are substances an organism needs to be able to maintain life.
Nutrients
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Define organic nutrients. Give examples.
Complex substances (Carbohydrates, fats and protein) generated by living organisms.
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Define inorganic nutrients. Give examples.
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It is the process by which the body takes in and uses food, esp. food that it needs to stay healthy, or the scientific study of this process.
Nutrition
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TRUE or FALSE. Plants are heterotrophic organisms.