The Characteristics of life

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Leaving Certificate Biology (The Characteristics Of Life) Quiz on The Characteristics of life, created by eimearkelly3 on 20/06/2013.
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Question 1

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Metabolism is...
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  • A chemical reaction in an organism
  • The sum of all chemical reactions in an organism

Question 2

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Metabolism is...
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  • A chemical reaction in an organism
  • The sum of all chemical reactions in an organism

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Living things arise from
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  • Other living things of the same type
  • Non-living matter

Question 4

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Define biogenisis.
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  • Living things arise from other living things of the same type.
  • Living things arise from non-living matter.

Question 5

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Another name for biogenisis
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  • Spontaneous generation
  • Continuity of life

Question 6

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Define spontaneous generation.
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  • Living things arise from other living things of the same type.
  • Living things arise from non-living matter.

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Life is defined as
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  • The possession of some of the characteristics of life
  • The possession of all of the characteristics of life

Question 8

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The characteristics of life are
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  • Movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, response, excretion, nutrition
  • Sensitivity, nutrition, organisation, reproduction, excretion

Question 9

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Organisation means that
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  • Living things are neat and tidy
  • Living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
  • Living things are called organisms

Question 10

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Nutrition is
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  • either autotrophic or heterotrophic
  • autotrophic
  • heterotrophic
  • the way in which organisms obtain and use their food

Question 11

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Autotrophic organisms
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  • Make their own food
  • Obtain their food from external sources

Question 12

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Heterotrophic organisms
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  • Make their own food
  • Obtain their food from the external environment

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Excretion is
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  • The removal of faeces from the body
  • The removal of the waste products of metabolism from the body

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Sensitivity/response is
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  • The way in which living things react to stimuli in their environment.
  • The feelings of an organism

Question 15

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Reproduction is...
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  • when living organisms copy eachother
  • the production if new individuals

Question 16

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Which of the following are living:
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  • Dog
  • Car
  • Oak tree
  • Flame
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