Question

organisms
______ are living things that can carry out life processes independently.
you are an organism, as is an ant, and ivy plant, and each of the many bacteria living in your intestines. list two more examples:
______
every organism is a member of a ______.
______ are groups of organisms that are closely related can mate to produce fertile offspring.

Explanation:

First part (filling the blank for "____ are living things that can carry out life processes independently"):

The question is about defining what organisms are. Organisms are entities that can perform life processes on their own, so the blank should be filled with "Organisms" as per the context of the topic (biology, studying living things).

We need to think of living entities. A dog is an animal (multicellular, performs life processes), and a sunflower is a plant (photosynthesizes, reproduces, etc.), both are organisms.

In biology, a species is a group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring (as per the next line). So an organism belongs to a species.

Answer:

Organisms

Second part (listing two more examples of organisms like ant, ivy plant, bacteria in intestines):