Characteristics and Needs of Living Things

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 respond to stimuli

• All living things grow

A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching.

• All living things reproduce
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things use energy
• All living things grow

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A pill bug (roly poly) eats a carrot.

• All living things contain cells
• All living things use energy
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

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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 grow and develop

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 stimuli in their environment

• All living things grow

Over three years, Tim's height has increased from 5'4" to 5'11".

• All living things contain cells

• All living things maintain homeostasis

• All living things use energy

• All living things grow (and develop)

A hydra "buds" and its bud becomes a new hydra.

• All living things contain cells

• All living things grow

• All living things have different levels of organization

• All living things reproduce

The roots of a plant grow towards a source of ground water.

• All living things use energy
• All living things reproduce
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow

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

• All living things use energy

• All living things contain cells

• All living things respond to their environment

• All living things grow

YOU are a multi-cellular organism and an amoeba is a unicellular organism.

• All living things have cells

• All living things grow

• All living things use energy

• All living things respond to their environment