Challenges and Characteristics of Organisms

Another word for a living thing is an ______

• multicellular

• organism

• ecosystem

What are the 3 things that all organisms are capable of doing?

• growing, processing nutrients, reproducing

• working, growing, eating food

• photosynthesis, reproducing, growing

Healing from a cut is an example of which of the 3 challenges of life?

• Obtaining energy

• Producing offspring

• Maintaining structure and stability (homeostasis)

A tree's branches grow up and out to reach as much light as possible for photosynthesis. This is _____

• obtaining energy

• producing offspring

• maintaining structure and stability (homeostasis)

Mold multiplies by releasing spores. This is an example of the challenge of _____

• obtaining energy

• reproducing

• maintaining homeostasis

You pull your hand away from something hot. This is an example of __________

• growth and development

• heredity

• response to environment

Bears have genes in their DNA that cause them to hibernate in the winter. This demonstrates ________

• heredity

• reproduction

• growth and development