Characteristics of Life

If an organism is made entirely of one cell it is called...

• Multicellular

• Prokaryotic

• Unicellular

• Eukaryotic

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

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

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

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

• All living things adapt to their environment

• All living things grow

• All living things have cells

• All living things use energy

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

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

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

The "cause" for something to happen is the

• response

• effect

• stimulus

• homeostasis