Characteristics of Life

A plant growing towards the light is an example of 

• reproduction.
• responding to a stimuli.
• metabolism.
• homeostasis.

A maggot changing into a fly is an example of 

• reproduction.
• growth and development.
• homeostasis.
• evolution.

The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:

• compensating
• homeostasis
• balancing
• routine

The "cause" for something to happen is the

• response
• effect
• stimulus
• homeostasis

Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow

Rocks are not living because

• they never move
• they aren't needed for humans
• they are not made of cells
• they don't break down

The image seen here is of a person shivering due to cold temperature. This is an example of an organism maintaining ________________ in action!

• Homeostasis
• Adaptations
• Evolution
• Development

The process whereby an organism produces more of its own kind

• development
• adaptation
• homeostasis
• reproduction

A plant using sunlight to make food to use or a deer eating leaves from a shrub are examples of

• universal genetic codes.
• organisms made of cells.
• responding to a stimulus.
• metabolism.