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VI. Find synonyms among the pool of words:

Pool of words

Synonyms

1) 1.determine/2.start/3.change/4.alter/5.define/6.begin

2) 1.breath/2.initiate/3.happen/4.respiration/5.occur/6.start

3) 1.investigation /2.dimension /3.research /4.size

4) 1.due to/2.possess/3.ruin/4.because of/5.have/6.destroy

VII. Answer the following questions. Use all information given before:

  1. Have scientists provided a universally accepted definition of life?

  2. What is a living thing?

  3. What is a non-living thing?

  4. What can living things do that non-living things can not?

  5. What do cells contain?

  6. What does genetic information determine?

  7. How is growth brought about?

  8. Can heat be used to drive biological processes?

  9. How do living things acquire energy and nutrients?

  10. What do living things need to stay alive?

  11. What does the degree of responsiveness depend on?

  12. How do movements of living things differ from those of non-living?

  13. What is homeostasis?

VIII. Match the sentence halves. Make complete sentences:

1.

Biologists are making discoveries

A.

those of non-living things by being energy-requiring processes arising from within cells.

2.

Growth is accompanied by

B.

one of the main features of living things.

3.

DNA contains genetic information which

C.

are transforming one form of energy into another.

4.

Movements of living things

differ from

D.

all living things share certain basic characteristics.

5.

Reproduction is

E.

chemicals are packed into highly organized structures.

6.

To stay alive living thing

F.

an increase in complexity.

7.

Most scientists think that

G.

determines the characteristics of an organism, including how it will grow and develop.

8.

In living things

H.

which will affect all our lives.

IX. Read and translate the short text without any dictionary:

Fact of life:

The continued existence of life depends on reproduction, and this is perhaps the most characteristic feature of living things. Reproduction allows both continuity and change. Over countless generations this has allowed species to become well suited to their environment, and life to evolve gradually to more complex forms.

X. Food for thought:

a) You might be familiar with the mnemonic (memory aid) `Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain` for remembering the colors of the spectrum – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Suggest a mnemonic for the ten characteristic features of living things described in this unit. You can change the order of the features.

b) Robots can move and respond, and require energy to maintain their organization and a constant internal environment. How would you argue that robots are non-living objects? A robot could be made that has all the characteristic features of living things. Would it still be non-living?

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