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| How many criteria must be met for an organism to be considered alive? |
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What are the 4 criteria that must be met for an organism to be considered alive? |
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- All life froms contain deoxyribonucleic acid, which is called DNA.
- All life forms have a method by which they extract energy fromm the surroundings and convert it into energy that sustains them.
- All life forms can sense changes in their surroundings and respond to those changes.
- All life forms reproduce.
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| Alll life forms conatin deoyribonucleic acid, which is called _____________. |
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| All life forms have a method by which they take ___________ from the surroundings and convert it into _________________ that helps them live. |
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| All life forms can sense ___________ in their surroundings and respond to these _____________. |
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| All life forms ___________. |
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| A mule is a cross between a male ass (a jackass) and a female horse (a mare). It is usually sterile. This means sit cannot produce offspring. Is the mule alive? |
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| A virus is composed of genetic material (sometimes DNA, sometimes RNA). It invades a cell, hihacks the cell's reproductive machinery and makes the cell start reproducing viruses. The cell eventually explodes due to the huge number of viruses inside. Is a virus alive? |
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| What does DNA provide to take a bunch of lifeless chemicals and turn them into living systems? |
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Yes or No:
Can a scientist take all the chemicals necessary for life, throw them into a pot, and make a living thing out of them? |
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| No. These chemicals must be organized. |
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| The smallest stable unit in Creation is what? |
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“About” how many different kinds of atoms are there in Creations? |
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Two or more atoms linked together to make a substance with unique properties is termed what? |
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How many books could the information in one strand of DNA fill? |
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| 1,000 bucks, each of which would be 500 pages long |
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| True or False: DNA’s ability to store information happened by accident? |
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What is the overall shape of a DNA molecule? |
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The two long strands of DNA are called what? |
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| How many different kinds of nucleotides are the in DNA? |
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In DNA, cytosine links to what? |
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While Morse code is built on the arrangement of dots and dashes, DNA’s ability to transmit information is based on the arrangement of what? |
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| four necleotide bases (adenine, thrmine, cytosine and guanine) |
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If one of the backbones of DNA has the following nucleotide sequence, what will the opposite strand have?
cytosine, guanine, adenine, guanine, thymine, thymine |
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| guanine, cytosine, thymine, ctosine, adenine, adenine |
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What does the statement “All life forms have a method by which they take energy from the surroundings and convert it into energy that helps them live” really say? |
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| All living things must "eat" in some way. |
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What is the word “eat” in the last answer too restrictive? |
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The word "eat" really means taking energy from food and transferring it energy for the body.
Some living orgainizims (plants, for example) produce thier own food, so they do not need to "eat" in the strict sense of the word. |
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What chemical, obtained from plants, do we use as a food source? |
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| What chemical is often used to test for the presence of starch? |
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Leaves actually produce food in the form of a chemical called _______________? |
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In DNA, adenine links to what? |
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| _________ is the process by which a plant uses the energy of sunlight and certain chemicals to produce its own food. |
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| A living system which is isolated from its surroundings and in which its contents continue to live and grow is often referred to as a what? |
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| What is a byproduct of photosynthesis? |
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| What purpose does fertilizer serve in plant physiology? |
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| helps plant junctions (fight disease, repair injuries, etc.) but is not food. |
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| __________ is the process by which a living organism takes energy from its surrounding and uses it to sustain itself, develop, and grow. |
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| Plants product what as a by product of photosynthesis that most organisms need to survive? |
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| Why is a rock not a living thing in relation to its environment? |
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| _________ are special structures or chemicals that allow living organisms to sences the conditons of their surroundings. |
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| Why are earthworms sometimes called "night crawlers"? |
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| They respond to light by moving away and surface at night when the ground is wet and will not dry out their skin. |
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| Reproduction is a means by which living organisms ensure that their kind will never become what? |
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| What is another name for "baby" flies? |
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| ___________ is the process by which maggots turn into flies. |
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| The number of offspring that a living organism had depends on what? |
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| how many are need to keep the population level up (to meet the organisms survival needs) |
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| Yes or No: Is world population growth really a problem to be concerned about? |
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| The smallest unit of life in Creation is what? |
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