2.1: Check Your Understanding

The ability of an organism to create offspring is called _____________.

• reproduction

• evolution

• development

• growth

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Plants bending toward the direction of the sunlight is an example of

• being organized

• reproduction

• responding to stimuli

• maintaining homeostasis

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A(n) _______ is the smallest unit of life.

• atom

• molecule

• cell

• ant

Which characteristic of living organisms is this panda demonstrating?

• grow and develop

• reproduce

• respond to stimuli

• use energy

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

• Development
• Growth
• Adaptation
• Response

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______________________ is the scientific term for a living thing.

• organism

• cell

• stimuli

• offspring

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What is one way in which all living things on Earth are alike?

• All living things have hair.
• All living things are made of cells and come from other cells.
• The cells of all living things have chloroplast.
• All living things can move. 

Which of the following scientists concluded that all animals are made of cells?

• Rudolf Virchow
• Matthais Schleiden
• Robert Hooke
• Theodor Schwann

To maintain stable internal conditions is called ________________.

• growth

• organization

• homeostasis

• development

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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