Chapter 1 Characteristics of life

What is having specialized structures with specialized functions?

• organization

• homeostasis

• organism

• multicellular

What is the smallest unit of life

• organization

• cell

• multicellular

• organism

What is the ability to maintain a stable internal environment?

• response to stimuli

• organization

• homeostasis

• growth

What is the process of becoming larger by adding cells and/or by increasing cell size?

• Organization

• homeostasis

• growth

• reproduction

What is it called when living things make new living things like themselves?

• homeostasis

• growth

• reproduction

• multicellular

What is adjusting to changes in internal and external environments?

• organization

• homeostasis

• growth

• respond to stimuli

These are made up of many cells.

• organization

• multicellular

• unicellular

• organism

This has all of the the characteristics of life.

• cell

• multicellular

• unicellular

• organism

This is made up of one cell

• unicellular

• multicellular

• cell

• organism

How does a tree get energy?

• It does not need energy.

• It gets energy from the Sun.

• It eats food in its environment.

• It gets energy from an electrical power source.