Characteristics of living things practice

What characteristic best explains:  The tendency of an organism to maintain a stable internal balance such as temperature or the pH of blood.

• grow and develop

• maintain homeostasis

• respond to stimuli

• evolve

The neck of the giraffe changed over time to adapt to the environment

• grow and develop

• made of cells

• use energy

• evolve

You drink a glass of lemonade, but your body's pH does not change. This is an example of how organisms:�

• evolve

• maintain homeostasis

• grow and develop

• reproduce

 A cat gives birth to 6 kittens.

• made of cells

• evolve

• grow and develop

• reproduce

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

• made of cells

• grow and develop

• evolve

• reproduce

A bacterium divides into two bacteria which are identical to, but smaller than, the original bacterium.  This is an example of which characteristic of life?

• grow and develop

• have DNA

• made of cells

• reproduction

A bird  is a multicellular organism.

• evolve

• have DNA

• made of cells

• grow and develop

The plant  height has increased from 5’1” to 5’3” in two weeks.

• maintain homeostasis

• grow and develop

• evolve

• respond to stimuli

A human body is made up of many different types of cells.

• have DNA

• use energy

• made of cells

• respond to stimuli

The sunflower bends towards the sunlight.

• grow and develop

• made of cells

• have DNA

• respond to stimuli