Cell Division and Life Cycles

These are called the "building blocks of life" and are the smallest form of a living thing

• electron

• DNA

• cell

• atom

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Select three which are characteristics of ALL types of living things

• Have a circulatory system

• use energy

• grow and develop

• reproduce

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True or false: Living things can be single cells (unicellular) or made of many cells (multicellular)

• True

• False

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Reorder the following levels of organization in living things from smallest to biggest

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

• organism

Match the following terms with their definitions

• offspring from 2 parents

• asexual reproduction

• abnormal cell division

• cancer

• offspring from one parent

• mutation

• damage to DNA

• extinction

• all organisms of one species die off

• sexual reproduction

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Match the following terms to their definitions

• union of sperm and egg

• photosynthesis

• releasing energy in a cell

• germination

• life cycle with distinct stages

• metamorphosis

• seed sprouting

• cellular respiration

• storing the sun's energy in sugar

• fertilization

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For organisms that reproduce sexually, a sex cell has _____ the chromosomes as a body cell (such as skin) (two answers apply)

• half

• twice

• an equal number of

• 50%

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Cell division is responsible for which of the following activities of living things (select 3)

• growth

• repair

• reproduction

• extinction

• photosynthesis

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If you get a scrape on your skin, your skin can heal (or repair) itself. Which process allows for tissue repair?

• mutation

• metamorphosis

• cell division

• fertilization

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Abnormal and out of control cell division can result in this disease

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