Characteristics of Living Things
Living Things
Needs of Organisms
Life Processes
Mixed Bag
100

WHAT IS THE ANAGRAM TO HELP REMEBER THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS

What is CARGOES?

100
Any living thing.
What is an ORGANISM?
100
Organisms that make their own food.
What is an AUTOTROPH?
100
The process of taking in food.
What is INGESTION?
100

What is the anagram for all the life processes

MRS. GREAT RN

200

Which is NOT a multicellular organism,

1. grass       2. amoeba      3. mosquito     4. worm     


amoeba

200
The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
What is a CELL?
200

The smallest unit of life is the ...

Cell

200
The process of breaking down food so that it can be used by living things.
What is DIGESTION?
200

Name the Needs of Living things

Food water, Space, Oxygen, proper temperature

300

How do multicellular organisms grow?

Increase in # of cells

300
The source of energy for most living things.
What is SUNLIGHT?
300
The process of keeping conditions inside a body constant.
What is HOMEOSTASIS?
300
The process of moving nutrients in a living thing.
What is TRANSPORT?
300

Which life process can we survivie without?

Reproduction

400

What is the difference between growth and development?

Growth= increase in size

Development= increase in complexity

400
A reaction to a change.
What is a RESPONSE?
400
Chemical substances that are needed for growth and energy.
What are NUTRIENTS?
400
The process of getting rid of wastes?
What is EXCRETION?
400

Maintaining a constant internal environment is called...

Homeostasis

500

True or False: Nonliving things can have some characteristics of life

True
500

The compound found the most in living things

WATER

500

The process by which a cell releases energy from food molecules.

Respiration

500

THe set of all chemical reactions that occur inside out body is refered to as....

Metabolism

500

List the 10 life processes 

Metabolism, Respiration, synthesis, growth, regulation, excretion, assimilation, 

transport, reproduction, nutrition


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