Diff: 2 Page Ref: 685-686. 18) If the vagal nerves to the heart were cut, the result would be that ________. A) the heart would stop, since the vagal nerves trigger the heart to contract. B) the heart rate would increase by about 25 beats per minute. C) the AV node would become the pacemaker of the heart.
Living things have seven essential processes in common:  movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition. All things fall into one of three categories: living, used to be living or not living; the presence of all seven life processes indicates a living thing.
Organisms Yeast is a living organism. Each tiny sphere is an individual living thing. Biologists often use five basic rules to classify something as living or nonliving.Five Characteristics of Living Things 1. Living things respond to their surroundings.2.Living things grow and develop.3.Livinggg p things are able to reproduce.4. Living things use energy.5. Living things are made of smaller building blocks called cells.All living things respond to a stimulus. The sunlight is a stimulus and the frogâs choice to sun himself is called a response.iving things grow and develop.3. Livinggg p things are able to reproduce.4. Living things use energy.5. Living things are made of smaller building blocks called cells.All living things respond to a stimulus. The sunlight is a stimulus and the frogâs choice to sun himself is called a response.