Characteristics of Life

Which characteristic of life is being demonstrated?

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

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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A pill bug (roly poly) eats a carrot.

• All living things contain cells
• All living things obtain food to create energy

• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

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A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.

• All living things respond to the environment

• All living things grow
• All living things have cells
• All living things use energy

A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.

• All living things adapt to their environment

• All living things use energy

• All living things respond to their environment

• All living things develop

An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow

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A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset.

• All living things have cells
• All living things use energy
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow

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A cat is an organism that has a respiratory system that contains lungs and a trachea.

• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things have different levels of organization
• All living things grow

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A sea worm drops its tail and the tail becomes a new worm.

• All living things contain cells
• All living things grow
• All living things have different levels of organization
• All living things reproduce

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Which characteristic of life is represented by the statement below?

YOU are a multi-celled organism but an amoeba is a single celled organism.

• All living things have cells
• All living things grow
• All living things use energy
• All living things respond to their environment

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