Characteristics of Living Things Practice

Internal Balance

• Homestasis

• Use energy

• Adapt over time

• Respond to stimuli

All organisms are made of these

• Respond

• Adapt

• Cells

• DNA

Make more of these things organisms by passing on genes

• Use energy

• Grow

• Reproduce

• Adapt

Humans eat food for this reason

• Respond

• Adapt

• DNA

• Use energy (metabolism)

Populations change over time (many years)

• Respond

• Adapt

• Cells

• Homeostasis

React to changes in the environment

• Respond

• Use energy

• Cells

• Reproduce

The genetic material inside the cells

• Respond

• Adapt

• Homeostasis

• DNA

Increases in size as an organism goes through its life cycle

• Respond

• Adapt

• Grow

• DNA