Characteristics of Living Things

When you step 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

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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

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A baby bird hatches from its egg with both parents watching.

• All living things reproduce

• All living things maintain homeostasis

• All living things use energy

• 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

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A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a buttterfly

• All living things adapt to their environment

• All living things respond to their environment

• All living things use energy

• All living things grow

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A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset.

• All living things have cells

• All living things respond to their environment

• All living things use energy

• All living things grow.

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

• All living things grow

• All living things use energy

• All living things contain cells

• All living things maintain homeostasis

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

• All living things use energy

• All living things respond to their environment

• All living things reproduce

• All living things grow

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Over many hundreds of years, a population of rabbits living in the woods adapt to its surrounding with brown fur.

• All living things use energy

• All living things grow

• All living things have cells

• All living things adapt to their enviornment

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Which option is living?

• Trees and leaves

• Rocks

• Lake

• Fire

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