Biology Matters G.C.E.

'O' Level (2nd Edition): Textbook Answers Chapter 1

Chapter 1 The Science of Life

Test Yourself 1.1 (page 2)

Biologists study organisms to answer questions such as:

– What is life?
– What is the difference between a living thing and a non-living thing?
– How many types of living things exist in the world?
– How do these living things function?

Test Yourself 1.2 (page 8)

Nutrition, respiration, excretion, growth and development, reproduction and adaptability

Test Yourself 1.3 (page 11)

Panthera tigris
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: tigris

Panthera leo
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: leo

Get It Right (page13)

(a) True
(b) False
Plants and animals both carry out excretion.
(c) True

Let’s Review (page 13)

Section A: Multiple-Choice Questions

1. A
2. B
3. D

Section B: Structured Questions

1. (a) Feeding, growth, reproduction, respiration

(b) Locomotion, ingestion

2. Kingdom  Phylum  Class  Order  Family  Genus  Species

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Section C: Free-Response Questions

(a) – A motorcar does not reproduce. It does not show sensitivity or adaptability.
– Therefore it cannot be a living thing.
(b) – A Balsam plant does not eat but it takes in raw materials to make its own food
by photosynthesis.
– It does not carry out locomotion but it is able to move its body parts, for
example its shoots can grow and bend towards a source of light.
– It excretes excess oxygen, a waste product formed during photosynthesis and
removes carbon dioxide at night.
– Plants can also reproduce, grow and adapt to environmental changes.

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