Characteristics of Life

When a baby kitten becomes an adult cat, this is an example of...

• energy metabolism
• growth and development
• response to stimuli
• having cells

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

• homeostasis

• equilibrium

• balance

• evenness

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Every organism must pass on its ________________, stored in DNA.

• metabolism
• response
• growth
• genetic code

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

An organism that makes its own food is 

• an omnivore
• a heterotroph
• an autotroph
• a carnivore

Identify the characteristic: when you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6^oF.

• All living things use energy

• All living things contain cells

• All living things maintain homeostasis

• All living things grow and develop

Identify the characteristic: 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 and develop

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Identify the characteristic: a caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.

• All living things adapt to their environment

• All living things use energy

• All living things respond to their environment

• All living things grow and develop

Pick the true statement about cellular organization:

• cells working together make tissues
• cells working together make organs
• tissues working together make organ systems
• organs working together make cells

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

It is hot outside. You start sweating. In this case, the hot weather is the...

• stimulus
• response
• cause and effect
• responder

Which of the following is NOT an example of an adaptation?

• birds migrating during the winter months

• the total sum of all the chemical reactions in your body

• humans evolving the ability to digest lactose (sugar in milk)

• the ability of dolphins to communicate in aquatic environments

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4