Biology Basics

Biology is the study of...?

• animals
• plants
• bacteria
• all living things

Living things are made up of units called

• DNA

• Cells

• Homeostasis

• Seeds

The combination of chemical reactions through

which an organism builds up or breaks down

materials as it carries out its life processes is called ...

• absorption

• metabolism

• digestion

• consumption

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

• homeostasis

• equilibrium

• balance

• evenness

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 and reproduce

A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching.

• All living things reproduce
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things use energy
• All living things grow and reproduce

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

• All living things adapt to their environment
• All living things use energy
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow and reproduce

A cat is an organism that has a respiratory system that contains lungs and a trachea.

• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things have different levels of organization
• All living things grow and reproduce

Change over time...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 

Another word for adapt is ____________.

• change
• create