Life Processes and Movement in Living Organisms

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Why do we whisper when we want to talk to our friends in class?

To follow class rules

To conserve energy

To ensure that only our friends hear us

To avoid disturbing other students (correct)

What provides control and coordination in animals?

Digestive and excretory tissues

Endocrine and reproductive tissues

Respiratory and circulatory tissues

Nervous and muscular tissues (correct)

What tissues are used to provide control and coordination activities in multicellular organisms?

Skeletal tissues

Specialized tissues (correct)

Connective tissues

Epithelial tissues

What triggers the appropriate movement in response to changes in the environment?

Recognition of various events in the environment Signup and view all the answers

Which type of movement is associated with growth?

Pushing soil aside in plants Signup and view all the answers

What is the possible reason we associate visible movements with life?

Movement is a response to environmental changes Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of buffaloes chewing cud?

To aid digestion Signup and view all the answers

What do living organisms attempt to do through movement?

Adapt to their environment Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest about the movement of a cat running?

It is a response to environmental changes Signup and view all the answers

Why do plants grow out into the sunshine?

To obtain sunlight for photosynthesis Signup and view all the answers

What is the possible reason we associate visible movements with life?

Movement is seen as an attempt by living organisms to use changes in their environment to their advantage Signup and view all the answers

What triggers the appropriate movement in response to changes in the environment?

Changes in the external environment Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest about the movement of a cat running?

It is a response to a change in the environment Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of buffaloes chewing cud?

To help break up tough food for better digestion Signup and view all the answers

Why do plants grow out into the sunshine?

To obtain sunlight for photosynthesis Signup and view all the answers

What tissues are used to provide control and coordination activities in multicellular organisms?

Nervous and endocrine tissues Signup and view all the answers

What is responsible for providing control and coordination in animals?

Nervous and muscular tissues Signup and view all the answers

Where are the receptors for detecting taste and smell usually located?

In the sense organs like the inner ear and nose Signup and view all the answers

What sets off a chemical reaction that creates an electrical impulse in a nerve cell?

The dendritic tip Signup and view all the answers

What allows the delivery of nervous impulses from neurons to other cells such as muscle cells or glands?

Synapse Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the neuron is responsible for acquiring information?

Dendritic tip Signup and view all the answers

Where does the electrical impulse travel from in a nerve cell?

Dendrite to cell body Signup and view all the answers

What is responsible for creating an electrical impulse in a nerve cell?

Dendritic tip Signup and view all the answers

What starts a similar electrical impulse in a dendrite of the next neuron?

Chemical release at the synapse Signup and view all the answers

What allows delivery of nervous impulses from neurons to other cells?

(i) Synapse Signup and view all the answers

What is nervous tissue made up of?

Network of neuron cells Signup and view all the answers

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Why do we whisper when we want to talk to our friends in class?

What provides control and coordination in animals?

What tissues are used to provide control and coordination activities in multicellular organisms?

What triggers the appropriate movement in response to changes in the environment?

Which type of movement is associated with growth?

What is the possible reason we associate visible movements with life?

What is the purpose of buffaloes chewing cud?

What do living organisms attempt to do through movement?

What does the text suggest about the movement of a cat running?

Why do plants grow out into the sunshine?

What is the possible reason we associate visible movements with life?

What triggers the appropriate movement in response to changes in the environment?

What does the text suggest about the movement of a cat running?

What is the purpose of buffaloes chewing cud?

Why do plants grow out into the sunshine?

What tissues are used to provide control and coordination activities in multicellular organisms?

What is responsible for providing control and coordination in animals?

Where are the receptors for detecting taste and smell usually located?

What sets off a chemical reaction that creates an electrical impulse in a nerve cell?

What allows the delivery of nervous impulses from neurons to other cells such as muscle cells or glands?

Which part of the neuron is responsible for acquiring information?

Where does the electrical impulse travel from in a nerve cell?

What is responsible for creating an electrical impulse in a nerve cell?

What starts a similar electrical impulse in a dendrite of the next neuron?

What allows delivery of nervous impulses from neurons to other cells?

What is nervous tissue made up of?

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