Characteristics of Life
Necessities of Life
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
100
What is the smallest unit of life?
The cell
100
Name the four necessities of life.
Food, water, air, space
100
Any change in an environment that causes a reaction is called a ________
Stimulus
100
Asexual reproduction involves _____ parent.
One parent
100
Organisms that eat other organisms are called _____________.
consumers
200
What characteristic of life means an organism gets larger and changes over time?
Grows and develops
200
Organisms that make their own food are called _________.
Producers
200
The passing on of traits from parent to offspring
heredity
200
Reproduction involving two parents is called:
Sexual reproduction
200
Name a unicellular organism.
bacteria
300
When an organism keeps a stable internal balance, they are maintaining ___________.
Homeostasis
300
There is competition for space because....
Space is limited
300
What is the molecule that makes you, you?
DNA
300
Give me an example of a stimulus and a response.
Stimulus - bright light Response - close your eyes or squint
300
An observation that involves numbers and measurements is called a:
quantitative observation
400
All the chemical reactions in your body from breaking down food and using energy is called ______________.
Metabolism
400
Why do we need air?
Oxygen in the air is used to start chemical reactions in living things.
400
Any organism that has more than one cell is called.
multicellular
400
Any organism that gets its energy from dead or decaying matter is called a...
decomposer
400
An observation we can make using our five senses is called a:
qualitative observation
500
Name all 6 characteristics of life.
Has cells, has DNA, responds to a stimulus, uses energy, grows and develops, reproduces
500
Why do living things need water?
Water is the place where chemical reactions take place in any living organism.
500
Daily double: What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
500
True or false: Every living thing contains cells with DNA inside them.
True
500
What school did Miss Friswell attend for elementary school?
Memorial School
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