Characteristics of Life

Reproduction of organisms that inherit genetic information from only ONE parent is called

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

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Organisms made of more than one cell are

• Unicellular

• Multicellular

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The type of reproduction that requires genetic information from two different parents is called

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

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When cells within an organism take in nutrients and get larger they are

• growing

• cells don't take in nutrients

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Organisms such as bacteria that are made of only one cell are

• Unicellular

• Multicellular

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_____ are considered non-living because they do not meet all the characteristics that is required of living things.

• Bacteria

• Virus

_____ are the smallest things that can be considered alive.

• atoms

• cells

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_____ are the smallest particle of matter that cannot be broken down into any unique substance.

a. atoms

b. cells

• atoms

• cells

The _____ is all the places on earth, in its soils, in its waters, and in its atmosphere where life can exist.

• community

• biosphere

Which of the following are organized from LARGEST to smallest?

• Cell, Atom, Organ, Biosphere, Ecosystem, Population

• Biosphere, Ecosystem, Population, Organ, Cell, Atom