Characteristics of Life

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How many characteristics of life are there?

Multiple Choice

What are the smallest basic units of life?

• Proteins

• Cells

• DNA

• Organism

Match

Match the following

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Food

Catches and eats other living things

Makes its own food inside its cells

All living things use___ to get energy

• Catches and eats other living things

• Makes its own food inside its cells

• All living things use___ to get energy

Multiple Choice

DNA is used by living things...

• to create genetic information.

• to make a chemical code.

• inside their cell(s).

• all answers are correct

Match

Match the following

• Growth

• Development

• Growth

healing or repairing

change that happens as a living thing matures

adding more cells

• healing or repairing

• change that happens as a living thing matures

• adding more cells

Match

Match the following

When a person smells their favorite food and their stomach grumbles.

• Smelling favorite food

• Stomach grumbles

• Persons body needs food to maintain a certain amount energy

Example of a Stimulus

Example of a Response

Example of Homeostasis

• Example of a Stimulus

• Example of a Response

• Example of Homeostasis

Match

Match the following

When a person opens the car window and the cool October air rushes in and the person shivers.

• cool October air rushing in

• person shivers

• Persons body needs to maintain a certain temperature

Example of a Stimulus

Example of a Response

Example of Homeostasis

• Example of a Stimulus

• Example of a Response

• Example of Homeostasis

Reorder

Reorder the following

_1_ Reproduction requires one _2_ and makes a _3_while _4_ Reproduction requires _5_.

• Asexual

• parent

• clone

• Sexua;

• two

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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How many necessities of life are there?

Match

Match the following

• Necessity of Life

• Necessity of Life

• Characteristic of Life

• Characteristic of Life

• Necessity of Life

Water

Food

Energy

DNA

Air

• Water

• Food

• Energy

• DNA

• Air

Match

Match the following

• Fats, Oils, and Waxes

• Used for genetic code

• Made of sugars

• Rechargeable Battery

• Monomer: Amino Acids

Lipids

Nucleic Acid

Carbohydrates

ATP

Protein

• Lipids

• Nucleic Acid

• Carbohydrates

• ATP

• Protein