Characteristics of Life

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

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Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

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

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The sum of all the chemical reactions in your body?

• organization

• metabolism

• homeostasis

• evolution

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Which of the following is NOT an example of an adaptation?

• birds migrating during the winter months

• the total sum of all the chemical reactions in your body

• humans evolving the ability to digest lactose (sugar in milk)

• the ability of dolphins to communicate in aquatic environments

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Which of the following is asexual reproduction?

• two sets of genetic information; unique offspring

• one set of genetic information; identical offspring

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Which of the following is sexual reproduction?

• two sets of genetic information; unique offspring

• one set of genetic information; identical offspring

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All living things are composed of cells. 

• True
• False

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In order for something to be considered a living organism, it must display _____ of the eight characteristics of living things.

• one
• some
• all
• more than half

Define BIOLOGY.

• The study of life and living organisms.
• The study of animals.
• They study of matter.
• The study of earth and its atmosphere.

All living things ____ to make more living things.

• adapt
• develop
• grow
• reproduce

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