1. Define the term organism.

• An organism refers to a living thing that has an organized structure, can react to stimuli,
reproduce, grow, adapt, and maintain homeostasis. An organism would, therefore, be any animal, plant,
fungus, protist, bacterium, or archaeon on earth.
2. List the eight characteristics of living things.
• Cellular organization , Reproduction, Metabolism, Homeostasis, Heredity, Response to stimuli,
Growth and development, Adaptation through evolution
3. Define the terms nutrition, nutrients, ingestions, and digestions.
• Nutrition is the organism takes materials from its environment and changes them in to forms.
The nutrients is a substances that an organism can use for energy or for growth and repair so the
ingestions taking a food from the environment and the breakdown of complex food materials into
simpler forms that can be used by organism is called digestions.
4. By what process do green plants synthesize the organic nutrients they need.
• The green plants and some bacteria and other one celled organism are able to make their own
nutrients in this way. the process they use is called photosynthesis.
5. Describe the process of transport, including absorptions and circulations.
• Transport is the process by which usable materials are taken into the organism. Absorption is
distributed throughout the organism circulation the wastes and other products of the processes are also
transported from one place to another within the organism.
6. By what process do organism obtain the energy they need?
• Organism obtain the energy they need by releasing the chemical energy stored in nutrients the
process of doing is this is called respiration.
7. What is the difference aerobic and anaerobic respiration?
• Aerobic respiration takes place in presence of oxygen and the Anaerobic respiration can occur
even in absence of oxygen.
8. Describe the processes of synthesis and assimilation.
• synthesis is the production of nutrients from smaller compounds. For example, a plant making
starch from the by products of photosynthesis. Assimilation is the storage of these compounds. An
example of assimilation is the storage of the starch in the plant cell for later use.
9. Explain how growth occurs in one-celled and many-celled organism.
• One-celled organism, growth is simply an increase in the size of the cell. In organism is usually
the result of an increase in the number of cells.
10. By what process are the waste of cell activities removed from the organism?
• excretion, the process by which animals rid themselves of waste products and of the
nitrogenous by-products of metabolism. Through excretion organisms control osmotic pressure the
balance between inorganic ions and water and maintain acid-base balance.
11. How do the nervous and endocrine systems functions and regulation?
• The endocrine system works together with the nervous system to influence many aspects of
human behaviour, including growth, reproduction, and metabolism. And the endocrine system plays a
vital role in emotions.
12. What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?
• Asexual reproductions there is only one parent and all offspring are identical to that parent.
In sexual reproduction there are two parents and the offspring are not identical to either parents.
13. Define the term metabolism.
• Metabolism is the chemical reactions in the body's cells that change food into energy.
14. By what process does an organism maintain a stable internal environment in a changing
external
environment?
• Homeostasis is the ability to maintain a relatively stable internal state that persists despite
changes in the world outside. All living organisms, from plants to puppies to people, must regulate their
internal environment to process energy and ultimately survive.