Living or Nonliving?
A tornado is classified as _______.
Nonliving
_______ is a characteristic of living things that a river does not have.
multiple answers including: "All living things are made of cells" or "All living things reproduce"
reproduction, force, growth
force is not a characteristic of life
Bananas, peas, and onions are classified as _______.
Living
Living things must be able to _______, or make more of their kind.
reproduce
All living things must grow and _______.
develop
Computer programs can use energy, adapt to their surroundings, respond to stimuli, grow and develop. Why aren't computer programs considered living?
They are not made of cells and do not reproduce.
using energy, responding to stimuli, eating food
eating food is not a characteristic of life
The sun is _______.
Nonliving
The way an organism gets rid of waste is called __________.
Excretion
The ability of a living organism to maintain relatively constant internal conditions is called _______.
homeostasis
Flashlights use energy, but three reasons they aren't considered living are _______, _______, and _______
multiple answers including: not made of cells, do not reproduce, do not maintain homeostasis, and/or do not grow and develop
resting, reproducing, responding
resting is not a characteristic of life
Sunflower seeds are classified as _______.
Living (Dormant is a subcategory of living, where an organism is alive, but not active)
_______ is the characteristic of life that describes how an organism is able to get energy from their food.
Respiration
The body uses different systems to maintain homeostasis, this process is called _________.
Regulation
need oxygen, need energy, respond to stimuli
all living things do not need oxygen
Road kill is classified as _______.
Living (Dead is a subcategory of living because it was once alive)
Living things must be able to _______ to their environment.
respond
The sum of all reactions that happen in a living thing organism.
Metabolism
cells, excretion, death
dying is not a characteristic of life