Characteristics of Life

What are the basic building blocks of life?

• Organisms

• Tissues

• Organs

• Cells

When animals use their senses they _______________ to their surroundings.

• React

• Adapt

• Populate

• Species

Which of the following are principles of science?

(There may be more than one answer)

• Organisms are dependent on one another.

• Organisms have things in common.

• Organisms are unique.

• Organisms can only be animals.

• Organisms can only be plants.

When an organism does adapt, it has a better chance of...

• Surviving

• Dying

• Wondering in the woods

• Becoming a pet

A lion hunts, kills, and eats a zebra. This is an example of how animals are __________________ .

• Independent

• Dependent

• Community

• Species

An animal can obtain materials by...

• Eating food

• Being made of cells

• Breathing oxygen

• Using it's organs

A sunflower _____________ by following the sun as it moves across the sky during the day.

• Adapts

• Reacts

• Obtains Material

• Smiles

________________ is a group of parts that work together to perform a task.

• Biosphere

• Nutrient

• Tissue

• System

Which of the following is another way to say develop?

• Obtain Material

• Grow and Reproduce

• Adapt

• React

A community of living and nonliving things is _______________ .

• A Biosphere

• A Population

• An Offspring

• An Ecosystem