Characteristics of Life & Levels of Organiztion

What is the most basic unit of life?

• cell
• tissue
• organ
• organ system

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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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How do heterotrophs get the energy they need to survive?

• photosynthesis

• eating other organisms

• decomposing dead materials

• chemosynthesis

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

• stimulus
• response
• cause and effect
• responder

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In order to perform photosynthesis, producers need...

• WiFi
• oxygen
• sunlight
• to eat other organisms

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Most single-celled organisms...

• reproduce asexually
• reproduce sexually
• have complex tissues
• can be seen without a microscope

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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 based on a universal genetic

code. What molecule is responsible for that code?

• RNA

• Lipid

• Protein

• DNA

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