Characteristics of Life

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

• stimulus
• response
• cause
• effect

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Which of these is not true about all organisms?

• all living things have many cells
• all living things need water
• all living things respond to stimuli
• all living things reproduce

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What is another way of saying organism?

• living thing
• organ system
• tissue team
• critter

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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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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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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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Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

• homeostasis

• equilibrium

• balance

• evenness

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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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