Write one or two words for each of the following statements/definitions:
(e) Self contained unit of living things and their non-living environment needing only sunlight for its functioning.

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The correct answer is: Ecosystem.

An ecosystem is a self-contained unit of living things (plants, animals, and decomposers), and their non-living environment (soil, air, water, light). An ecosystem needs only the input of sunlight energy for its functioning.

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Q. Which of the following characteristics is common to all living organisms?
(A) All living things can make their own food.
(B) All living things react or respond to their environment.
(C) All living things live forever.
(D) All living things remain the same from birth to death.
(E) All living things undergo definite change during their life.
(F) All living things excrete or throw out whatever they do not need.

(a) A, C, D
(b) A, B, E, F
(c) B, E, F
(d) all of them

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(a) All living things are made up of cells.
(b) All living things respire.
(c) All living things respond to their environment.
(d) All living things can make their own food.

Q. Label these statements true or false. Rewrite the false ones after correcting them.
(a) All living things can move from place to place.
(b) Plants respire at night and make their food by photosynthesis in the daytime.
(c) Some animals live on dead or decaying things.
(d) All living things take in oxygen to convert their food into energy.
(e) All living things can make their own food.
(f) The throwing out of any unused food or waste materials is called nutrition.
(g) All living things look for food when they are hungry.
(h) The green leaves of a plant turn away from sunlight.

Q. Write one or two words for each of the following statements/definitions:
(d) The physical and biological world where we live in.

A plant kept at a window sill, bends outwards, in search of sunlight. This is linked to the fact that
(a) all living things grow.
(b) all living things react or respond to their environment.
(c) all living things need nutrition.
(d) all living things respire.

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Write one or two words for each of the following statements/definitions:​ ​ (e) Self contained unit of living things and their non-living environment needing only sunlight for its functioning.​

The correct answer is: Ecosystem.​ ​ An ecosystem is a self-contained unit of living things (plants, animals, and decomposers), and their non-living environment (soil, air, water, light). An ecosystem needs only the input of sunlight energy for its functioning.

Write one or two words for each of the following statements/definitions:
(e) Self contained unit of living things and their non-living environment needing only sunlight for its functioning.

The correct answer is: Ecosystem.

An ecosystem is a self-contained unit of living things (plants, animals, and decomposers), and their non-living environment (soil, air, water, light). An ecosystem needs only the input of sunlight energy for its functioning.