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Which characteristic of living things is represented in the picture?

• Share similar chemicals

• Grows and develops

• Responds to stimuli

• Evolves (as a population)

Match the vocab word to the correct definition.

• The study of living things

• Heredity

• All living things

• Biology

• Passing DNA from parent to offspring

• Cell

• The most basic unit of life

• Unicellular

• Made of one cell

• Organism

Match the vocab word to the correct definition.

• Organism splits in half to clone itself

• Energy

• The ability to do work

• Asexual Reproduction

• Combines DNA to make a unique offspring

• Sexual

  Reproduction

• Genetic material of the cell

• DNA

• Organism made of many cells

• Multicellular

Match the vocab word to the correct definition.

• Maintain a stable internal environment

• Metabolism

• Chemical reactions inside of the cell

• Stimulus

• Process of spawning new life

• Reproduction

• detectable change in the surroundings

• Homeostasis

Which term refers to the maintenance of a stable internal environment in an organism? (a)  

• respiration
• metabolism
• regulation
• homeostasis

A plant growing towards a light source is an example of which of the following?

• attracting a mate

• destroying infectious germs

• responding to a stimuli

• obtaining moisture from the air

Which of the following is a term used to describe all the chemical reactions that take place in a living thing?

• respiration
• mutations
• homeostasis
• metabolism

Infants will often smile when they hear a parent’s voice. In this situation, the parent’s voice is considered

• stimulus

• response

• adaptation

• resource

Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why your legs and arms get longer and stronger as you get older? 

• living things respond to their environment
• living things maintain internal balance
• living things are made of cells
• living things grow and develop

All organisms have to obtain and use ____________ to stay alive.

• oxygen

• sunlight

• energy

• carbon dioxide