Living Organisms Exhibit Metabolism
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Q. It is much easier for a small animal to run uphill than for a large animal, because:
- It is easier to carry a small body weight.
- Smaller animals have a higher metabolic rate.
- Small animals have a lower O2 requirement.
- The efficiency of muscles in large animals is less than in the small animals.
Q. Define whether metabolism is a characteristic or defining feature
Q. What is true for photolithotrophs ?
- Obtain energy from radiations and hydrogen from organic compounds
- Obtain energy from radiations and hydrogen from inorganic compounds
- Obtain energy from organic compounds
- Obtain energy from Inorganic compounds
Q. Identify the characteristic feature of living organisms which is not considered as defining property.
- Cellular organisation
- Intrinsic growth
- Metabolism
- Reproduction
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Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms without exception. Isolated metabolic reactions in vitro are not living things but surely living reactions. Comment.
Q. Choose the correct statement about metabolism.
- Includes catabolism
- Includes anabolism
- Defining characteristic of living beings.
- All of the above.
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The autotrophs that introduce solar energy into the ecosystem include _____ plants and ______ .
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Who provided the evidence of glucose being formed during photosynthesis and is then stored as starch ?
- Sachs
- Engelmann
- Van Niel
- Blackmann
Q. In which light the rate of photosynthesis increases?
- red, green
- orange , red
- orange , yellow
- red, purple
Q. Without any exception, which of the following sets of characters can be considered as the most defining property of living organisms?
- Reproduction, growth and movement
- Metabolism, cellular organization and consciousness
- Response to stimulus, locomotion and sexual reproduction
- Genetic material, growth and self-replication
Q. I. Increase in mass II. Differentiation III. Increase in number of individuals. IV. Response to stimuli
Which two points are known as the twin characteristics of growth?
Which two points are known as the twin characteristics of growth?
- I and II
- II and IV
- II and III
- I and III
Q. The sum total of all the chemical reactions occurring inside the body of an organism is termed as _________.
- growth
- reproduction
- metabolism
- consciousness
Q. A living organism can be unexceptionally differentiated from a non living structure on the basis of
- All of the above
- Reproduction
- Consciousness
- Growth
Q. Which among the following is an example of catabolism?
- Respiration
- Photosynthesis
- Glycogenesis
- Both b) and c)