Characteristics of life review

The scientific name for something living is an

• organism

• tissue

• cell

• human

An organism made of one cell is called

• unicellular

• multicellular

The smallest most basic unit of life is a(n)

• atom

• tissue

• cell

• organ

Living things respond to heat, light, and sound. This means they respond to:

• stimuli or environment

• digestion

• homeostasis

• Dr. Seuss

During ________ things in our body are balanced and regulated.

• homeopathic

• homeostasis

• homologous

Living things need energy to survive.

• True

• False

When you are outside and it is really hot, your body sweats in order to keep its temperature around 98.6.

• All living things use energy.

• All living things maintain homeostasis.

• All living things contain cells.

• All living things grow.

What does reproduce mean?

• They grow.

• Organisms make other organisms.

• They are living things.

Over many hundreds of years, a population of foxes living in the arctic snow developed white fur.

• All living things have cells.

• All living things use energy.

• All living things adapt and evolve.

• All living things grow.

The ability of an organism to create offspring is

• development

• reproduction

• evolution

• growth