Characteristics of Life Review

What is the most basic unit of life?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

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

• stimulus

• metabolism

• homeostasis

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It is hot outside. You start sweating. In this case, the hot weather is the...

• stimulus

• metabolism

• homeostasis

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Which of these is not true about all organisms?

• all living things have many cells

• all living things obtain and use energy

• all living things reproduce

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What is another way of saying organism?

• living thing

• organ system

• critter

Most single-celled organisms...

• reproduce asexually

• can be seen without a microscope

• have complex tissues

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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

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

• homeostasis

• heredity

• metabolism

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How can you tell this plant is a living thing?

• It doesn't move.

• It is made up of different parts.

• It responds to a change in its environment.

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The following list represents characteristics of a living thing :

• made of cells, has lungs, can reproduce

• made of cells, grows and develops, uses energy

• has similar chemicals, makes noises, made of cells

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