All living organisms maintain a constant internal environment despite external changes. This process is known as:
Metabolism
Adaptation
Homeostasis
Reproduction
Related Questions
Among the following listed features, which is not a unique feature of living organisms?
Increase in size
Response to stimuli
Self organisation
Growth and reproduction
Read the following statements:
A. Photoperiod affects reproduction in seasonal breeders, both plants and animals
B. Increase in body mass is considered as reproduction
C. Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organism without exception
D. Self consciousness is a defining property of every living organism
Choose the correct statements
A and B
B and C
A and C
C and D
Metabolism can be best defined as
The process in which a chemical is formed inside a body
The process in which a chemical is destroyed inside a body
The sum total all of chemical reactions only occurring in a body
A complex construction process only
Biological organization in living state is at
Atomic level
Molecular level
Cellular level
Tissue level
True regeneration is found in
Amoeba
Hydra
Planaria
Bacteria
Among the following which is a common phenomenon exhibited by living and non-living organisms to show the feature of growth?
Increase in mass
By cell division
Increase in replication rate
By cell differentiation
Growth in unicellular organisms can be observed by
Counting the mass of cultured cells
Analysing the amount of nutrient absorb by living organism
Growth can not be observed
In vitro culture by simply counting the number of cells under microscope
Which of the following are considered as the twin characteristics of growth?
I. Responses to stimuli
II. Increases in mass
III. Increases in the number of individuals
IV. Increases in width
I and II
II and IV
I and III
III and IV
Increase in body mass can be considered a criterion for growth
True
False
Sometimes True
Cannot be determined
An example of metabolism is:
Movement
Growth
Respiration
Reproduction
