Characteristics of Life

All living things are composed of cells. 

• True
• False

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Living things need energy to survive?

• True
• False

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You accidentally touch a hot burner and quickly pull your hand away. The burner is

• homeostasis

• a reaction

• ATP

• a stimulus

Rocks are not living because

• they never move
• they aren't needed for humans
• they are not made of cells
• they don't break down

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The series of changes an organism undergoes during it's lifetime

• development
• adaptation
• evolution
• reproduction

The basic unit of life is called a (n)

• atom
• compound
• cell
• energy

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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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A plant growing towards the light is an example of 

• reproduction.
• responding to a stimuli.
• metabolism.
• homeostasis.

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