Characteristics of Life Quiz

Living things respond to heat, light, and sound.  This means they respond to:

• stimuli
• homeostasis
• metabolism
• digestion

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

• metabolism
• growth and development
• homeostasis
• stimulus

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6 degrees F.

• 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

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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

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

A cat is an organism that has a respiratory system that contains lungs and a trachea.

• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things have different levels of organization
• All living things grow

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The basic unit of life is called a (n)

• atom
• compound
• cell
• energy

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List the levels of organization in order.

• tissues, organs, systems, organism, cells
• cells, tissues, organs, systems, organism
• cells, organs, tissues, systems, organism
• organism, cells, tissues, organs, systems

What does reproduce mean?

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