Characteristics of Life

Pick the true statement about cellular organization:

• cells working together make tissues
• cells working together make organs
• tissues working together make organ systems
• organs working together make cells

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What is the most basic unit of life?

• cell
• tissue
• organ
• organ system

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A _____ is something in the environment that causes an organism to respond.

• stimulus
• response
• cause
• effect

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When a baby kitten becomes an adult cat, this is an example of...

• energy metabolism
• growth and development
• response to stimuli
• having cells

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A baby goat looks just like its parents. This is because of the concept of...

• homeostasis
• heredity
• energy metabolism
• cellular organization

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Your body shivers when you are cold. This is because of the concept of...

• homeostasis
• heredity
• energy metabolism
• cellular organization

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Living things are made up of units called

• DNA

• Cells

• Homeostasis

• Seeds

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

• Multicellular

• Prokaryotic

• Unicellular

• Eukaryotic

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Reproduction that only involves one parent and all offspring are identical; for example, binary fission of bacteria or amoebas.

• Asexual

• Sexual

• Division

• Addition

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Reproduction that involves two cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism.

• Asexual

• Sexual

• Budding

• Division

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