Diversity of Life

All living things are made of

• Atoms

• Tissues

• Cells

• Organs

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Why are viruses so hard to tell if they are living or nonliving?

• They have both living and nonliving characteristics

• They duplicate so fast

• They are very very small

• There are new ones every year.

What is the difference between organisms that are unicellular vs multicellular?

• Multicellular organisms only have one cell while unicellular ones are made up of many cells.

• Unicellular organisms only have one cell while multicellular ones are made up of many cells.

• Unicellular are plant cells and multicellular are animal cells.

• Unicellular are humans and multicellular are bacteria

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What is an example of an organism maintaining homeostasis?

• A plant regulates the water concentration it has going through it.

• An animal consumes another.

• A plant leans towards the side to get more sunlight.

• An animal grows and gets bigger

If a monkey is eating fruit plants to get more energy and turn that energy into work, this is an example of this organism...

• Organizing

• Reproducing

• Maintaining homeostasis

• Having a metabolism

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A cherry tree drops it's seeds on the ground, which then begin to grow new little trees. This characteristic of life is...

• Organization

• metabolism

• Reproduction

• Growth and Development

A bacteria splits itself in half to form a new one. What kind of reproduction is this?

• Sexual

• Asexual

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A cactus bends towards the sunlight when it doesn't get enough sun. This characteristic of life is known as...

• Responding to external stimuli

• Responding to internal stimuli

• Photosynthesis

• Digestion

Growing bigger and going through puberty is an example of

• Cells getting larger

• Growth and Development

• Evolution

• Homeostasis

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If a feature in an organism changes because of a mutation. And that change, ended up being good for the organism to survive and reproduce offspring with that changed trait.... This is an example of what happening?

• Reproduction

• Adaptation

• Photosynthesis

• Evolution

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