Characteristics of Life

Characteristics of Life 1

100

What type of reproduction only needs 1 parent

Asexual

200

Humans eat food to get this characteristic of life

What is energy?

300

The type of science that studies living things is

Biology

400

When a plant grows toward the light

What is response to stimulus?

500

Characteristic that controls heredity

What is DNA?

Characteristics of Life 2

100

Maintaining stable internal conditions

What is homeostasis?

200

The passing of traits from parents to offspring

What is heredity?

300

What is making more of the same kind of organism (offspring)?

reproduction

400

True or False: All organisms grow and develop.

True!

500

True or False: ALL living things breathe oxygen

False!

Characteristics of Life 3

100

What is an organism whose entire "body" is only made of ONE cell known as? (ex: bacteria)

unicellular

200

What is the balancing of an organism’s internal environment to keep conditions suitable ?

homeostasis

300

Is water living?

No

400

What does "abiotic" mean?

Nonliving

500

True or False: All living things have a heart / blood

False

Levels of Organization

100

It is the smallest unit of life.

Cell

200

Examples of this level of organization are: human, tree, deer, frog

Organism

300

Made up of multiple cells with the same function

Tissue

400

Examples of this level are: heart, brain, stomach

Organ

500

Multiple organs with the same function make up this level

Organ system