CP Bio Characteristics of Life QUIZ

A pet goldfish needs fish food.

Which characteristic of life does this refer to?

• Living things need energy

• Living things are composed of one or more cells

• Living things respond to their environment

• Living things grow and reproduce

Human skin is constantly losing dead cells, while new cells are also forming underneath.

Which characteristic of life does this refer to?

• Living things need energy

• Living things are composed of one or more cells

• Living things respond to their environment

• Living things maintain a stable internal environment

Shivering when your cold generate heat to warm your body.

Which characteristic of life does this refer to?

• Living things need energy

• Living things are composed of one or more cells

• Living things grow and reproduce

• Living things maintain a stable internal environment

A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.

• All living things have adaptations
• All living things have a metabolism
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow and develop

Maintaining a stable internal environment.

• Homeostasis
• Metabolism
• Stimulus
• DNA

The scientific name for something living is a(an)

• organism
• cell
• tissue
• human

Multicellular means

• made of many cells
• made of one kind of cell
• made of only one cell

If an organism is made entirely of one cell it is called...

• Multicellular

• Prokaryotic

• Unicellular

• Eukaryotic

Reproduction that involves two cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism.

• Asexual

• Sexual

• Budding

• Division

Living things are based on a universal genetic

code. What molecule is responsible for that code?

• RNA

• Lipid

• Protein

• DNA