Cells, Characteristics and Organelles

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

Which is NOT a characteristic that all living organisms share? 

• Ability to reproduce 
• Ability to grow 
• Ability to respond to their environment 
• Ability to dominate an ecosystem 

Light, smell, sound, and temperature are all examples of what? 

• Cells
• Stimuli
• Fungi
• Reactions

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Before a soccer game Charlie always eats a big dinner. Which characteristic of life does this face best describe? 

• living things use energy
• living things reproduce
• living things grow and develop
• living things are based on a universal genetic code

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The process whereby an organism produces more of its own kind

• development
• adaptation
• homeostasis
• reproduction

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What is the main source of energy on Earth?

• stars
• moon
• water
• sun

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The dismissal bell rings and you pack up your belongings. In this scenario, what is the stimulus?

• The bell ringing
• You packing up your belongings

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Mitochondria are used to produce a form of energy your body can use by the process of

• digestion
• cellular respiration
• metabolism
• excretion

The basic unit of life. 

• cells
• metabolism
• digestion
• growth

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Unicellular organisms can have cell specialization.

• True 
• False