Diversity of Life

________________ (for example plants) provide their own food for energy through the process of photosynthesis

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs

• omniotrophs

• None of the above

________________ (for example animals) must find an external source for food.

• autotrophs

• heterotrophs

• omnitrophs

• none of the above

Energy is released from food in most organisms through the process of _______________.

• respiration

• precipitation

• evaporation

• circulation

All organisms must obtain ______________ such as food, oxygen, and water, which provide required ____________to perform the basic _______________of life, such as growing and developing, or repairing injured parts.

• resources; energy; processes

• processes; energy; resources

• energy; food; water

• resources; energy; respiration

A _______________ is any change in an organism’s surroundings that will cause the organism to react

• respiration

• stimulus

• nucleus

• protein

Examples of ______________________may be changes in the amount of light present, changes in temperature, sound, amount of water, space, amounts or types of food, or other organisms present.

• parallel stimuli

• responsive stimuli

• environmental stimuli

• none of the choices

The reaction to the stimulus called a ______________. It can be an action or behavior performed by the organism.

• stimuli

• response

• respiration

a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that is identical to the parent.

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• offspring

a reproductive process that involves two parents. The egg (female reproductive cell) and sperm (male reproductive cell) from these two parents combine to make an offspring that is different from both parents.

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• offspring

_____________ is the process whereby the organism becomes larger.

• development

• growth

• reproduction