LIVING BEINGS - NS5 U1

What is a living being?

• An organism that is called also inert

• All objects in the world around us

• Organisms that are alive

• Organisms that live only in nature

What are the life functions of Living Beings?

• Nutrition, Respiration & Digestion

• Nutrition, Interaction & Reproduction

• Nutrition, Excretion & Reproduction

According to their nutrition, living beings can be divided into...

• vertebrates & invertebrates

• heterotrophs & autotrophs

• oviparous & viviparous

Heterotroph living beings are...

• organisms that feed on inorganic material, composed of water and mineral salts found in the soil

• organisms that use the Sun light to transform some elements in nutrients

• organisms that feed on other living beings

An example of autotroph living being is...

• a plant

• a human being

• a bird

The heterotrophs can be divided into:

• vertebrates & invertebrates

• viviparous & oviparous

• carnivorous & herbivorous

When animals escape from other predators or plants can develop leaves in different shapes, we are describing their...

• reproduction

• interaction

• nutrition

• respiration

According to their reproduction, living beings can be:

• vertebrates & invertebrates

• sexual & asexual

• internal & external

• autotrophs & heterotrophs

Organisms that have asexual reproduction generate descendants by the interaction of two different genders.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A multicellular organism...

• is composed of various cells

• is composed by one cell

• has got no cells