BIO 9 Characteristics of Life

Smallest living unit of a living organism

• Cells

• Reproduce

• Genetic code

• Homeostasis

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Which is NOT a characteristic that all living organisms share? 

• Ability to reproduce 
• Ability to grow 
• Ability to respond to their environment 
• Ability to dominate an ecosystem 

During ___________ conditions inside our body are kept stable (the same)

• homeopathic
• Homo sapian
• homeostasis
• homologous

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What does reproduce mean?

• They grow - get larger
• They are living things
• Organisms make other organisms

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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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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Something that has never shown the characteristics of life and never will. 

• dormant
• nonliving 
• living 
• dead 

Non-Living or Living?

• Living
• Non-Living

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The M is for:

• movement
• memory
• mojo
• minion

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