What is Life?

A change in an organism's surroundings is a

• stimulus

• response

• metabolism

• autotroph

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A giraffe is a ______________ because it must eat another organism (grass) to get energy.

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• phototroph

• meatotroph

The basic unit of structure and function in an organism is

• a cell

• metabolism

• development

• heterotroph

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Which of these is NOT a characteristic of ALL living things?

• breathing oxygen

• growth and development

• made of the chemicals of life

• use energy

Water is not often found in the cells of organisms.

• True

• False

Bacteria are a type of multicellular organism with specialized cells.

• True

• False

A plant bending toward the light in a window is an example of

• asexual reproduction

• cellular organization

• response to surroundings

• chemicals of life

Sexual reproduction produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.

• True

• False

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A fox has thick, dense fur in the winter and shorter fur in the summer to help it maintain a stable body temperature through the year. This helps the fox maintain ________________.

• heterotroph

• homeostasis

• a living space

• asexual reproduction

Organisms break down and build up materials in a process called ________________.

• homeostasis

• metabolism

• multicellular

• autotroph

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