Characteristics of Life

The smallest unit of life is known as a 

• cell
• cell wall
• cell membrane
• atoms

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• maintain homeostasis
• adapt and evolve
• grow and develop
• reproduce

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Bacteria can obtain their energy by

• photosynthesis
• consuming it
• decomposing
• all answers

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• adapting and evolving
• maintaining homeostasis
• growing and developing
• using energy

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• adapting and evolving
• responding to stimuli
• growing and developing
• maintaining homeostasis

It was 95°F when I ran my 6.3 mile stretch for Ragnar, what did my body do to help me maintain homeostasis?  

• laying my body hairs flat
• vasodilation (blood vessels widen)
• sweat
• all of the answers

Photosynthesis represents an organisms ability to 

• reproduce
• obtain and use energy
• grow and develop
• all of the answers

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An organism reproduces in order to

• Pass on its DNA
• Have babies to care for
• Their own survival
• all of the answers

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In the picture, one snake is venomous and the other is not, however they both look similar.  This is an example of

• growing 
• reproducing 
• using energy
• evolution

An organism can evolve in its lifetime

• true
• false