Life Beyond Us: Exploring Organisms and Their Needs

The video explains that all living things, known as organisms, have specific needs and characteristics. Animals require water, food, nutrients, and oxygen, while plants produce their own food through photosynthesis, needing sunlight and carbon dioxide. Fungi, as decomposers, play a crucial role in nutrient cycling. All organisms are cellular, grow, reproduce, and respond to environmental changes to survive.

What are organisms?

• Only plants

• Only animals

• Living things like protists, fungi, plants, and animals

• Non-living things

What do animals need to survive?

• Only water and food

• Water, food, nutrients, a place to live, and oxygen

• Sunlight and carbon dioxide

• Only oxygen

How do plants produce their own food?

• Through photosynthesis using sunlight and carbon dioxide

• By absorbing nutrients from the soil

• Through decomposition

• By consuming other organisms

What role do fungi play in ecosystems?

• Creators of oxygen

• Decomposers that break down remains of organisms

• Consumers of plants

• Producers of food

What are cells often referred to as?

• The energy producers

• The largest units of life

• The building blocks of life

• The smallest organisms

How do organisms grow?

• By shrinking

• By getting taller and heavier

• By staying the same size

• By losing weight

What does it mean for organisms to reproduce?

• To change their environment

• To stop growing

• To produce young of the same kind

• To create different species

How do animals typically respond to danger?

• By changing color

• By making noise

• By running away

• By staying still

How do plants respond to changes in light?

• By changing color

• By producing seeds

• By growing or bending towards the light

• By wilting