Characteristics of Life

___________a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits a living thing inherits and needs to live.

• Cell

• Stimulus

• Homeostasis

• DNA

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

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

A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.

• All living things adapt to their environment
• All living things grow
• All living things have cells
• All living things use energy

The roots of a plant grow towards a source of ground water.

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

YOU are a multi-celled organism but an amoeba is a single celled organism.

• All living things have cells
• All living things grow
• All living things use energy
• All living things respond to their environment

Living things are made up of units called

• DNA

• Cells

• Homeostasis

• Seeds

At a doctor's appointment, a one month old baby weighs 8 lbs and is 18 inches long. That baby was 7 lbs and 17 inches long at birth. This is an example of ...

• all living things being made of cells.

• all living things maintaining homeostasis.

• all living things growing and developing.

• all living things responding to stimuli.

The building up or breaking down of materials is called ____.

• homeostasis

• metabolism

• multicellular

• stimulus

True or False: Living things must be multicellular.

• True

• False