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Life processes
Question | Answer |
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The passage of salts into and out of a cell is most closely associated with the life process of | Transport |
Stained yeast cells were added to a paramecium culture, and some of the yeast were ingested by the paramecium. Which life function is this? | Nutrition |
An increase in the concentration of ATP in a muscle cell is a direct result of which life function? | Respiration |
Which term refers to all the activities required to sustain life? | Metabolism |
In plants, glucose is converted to cellulose, and in human muscle cells, glucose in converted to glycogen. These processes are examples of which life activity? | Synthesis |
A desert snake enters an underground burrow on a hot summer day is an example of what? | Homeostasis |
The process of removing carbon dioxide and nitrogenous wastes from an organism illustrates which life function? | Excretion |
The nervous system and the endocrine system in a human help to control and coordinate all life activities, which is known as what? | Regulation |
When the student measured the cell under the microscope it was still 1, ooo microns or 1mm, however instead of one cell it was now 4 cells. | Growth |
Which life function is responsible for controlling the muscles of a grasshopper to avoid a predator? | Regulation |
The human bloodstream carries oxygen and nutrients to all the cells and picks up carbon dioxide and water vapor. This is known as what in transport? | Circulation |
The passage of the end products of digestion into the cells of the small intestine, this is known as what in transport? | Absorption |
The incorporation of proteins to form the cell membrane, this is known as ____? | Assimilation |
When an ameba divides by mitosis and creates and identical copy of itself, this would be known as which life process? | Reproduction |
When you eat 10 candy bars and your blood sugar rises, your body will produce insulin to break it down. When it is done there will be another hormone released to stop the production of insulin, this is an example of a what? | Feedback mechanism |
Magnifies 10 X and where you put your eye? | Ocular or eyepiece |
Used to focus first | Coarse adjustment knob |
Regulates different amounts of light through microscope? | Diaphragm |
Rotates to change lenses? | Nosepiece |