1.1 part 2

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

1.1 organisms

Part 2

Learning objectives today

- review exercises 1 to 4

- write a summary

- do insight exercises

Exercise 1

a) What is an organism?

Answer: An organism is a living creature

b) How can you tell something is an organism?

Answer: by checking if it has any of the characteristics of life

c) Give 5 examples of organisms

Answer: for example yourself, plants, trees, cat, bacterium 

Exercise 3

1. feeding

2. excreting

3. breathing

4. reproducing

5. growing

6. moving

7. sensing

Exercise 4

What is the difference between non-living and dead?

Answer: something that is dead was once alive. Something that is non-living was never alive (and would never be able to show any of the life characteristics.

Summary 

You can answer this question in your notebook. Make a summary of this Basics section. Do that by answering the following questions:

• What is biology about?

• What is an organism?

• What are the seven life processes?

• What do living, dead and non-living mean?

Do assignments 6 to 8