Characteristics of Life

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

Over three years, Tim's height has increased from 5'4" to 5'11".

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

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

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

Which of the following is an example of homeostasis?

• adapting to your environment

• maintaining an appropriate respiration rate

• the sum of all of your chemical reactions

• being composed of more than one cell

Living things are made up of units called

• DNA

• Cells

• Homeostasis

• Seeds

Rocks are not living because

• they never move
• they aren't needed for humans
• they are not made of cells
• they don't break down