Characteristics of Life

The ability of a living thing to get bigger is known as _______________.

• Development
• Growth
• Adaptation
• Response

A/An ____________is the smallest unit of life.

• atom
• stimulus
• cell
• DNA

The ability of an organism to create offspring is ___________________________________.  

• reproduction
• evolution
• development
• growth

To maintain stable internal conditions is  __________________________________.

• growth
• adaptation
• homeostasis
• development

______________________ is the scientific term for a living thing.

• organism
• cell
• photosynthesis
• DNA

A reaction to a stimulus is a ______________.

• hiccup
• response
• metabolism
• homeostasis

Every organism must pass on its ________________, stored in DNA.

• metabolism
• response
• growth
• genetic code

_________________is a signal to which a living thing responds.

• Stimulus
• Reaction
• Development
• Homeostasis

An organism that makes its own food is 

• an omnivore
• a heterotroph
• an autotroph
• a carnivore

Something that once showed all the characteristics of life but no longer does and never will again:

• dormant

• nonliving

• dead

• living