Seven Characteristics of Life
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Three of the Seven Characteristics of Life Are: 1. Response to environment 2. Homeostasis 3. Growth 4. Reproduction 5. Metabolism 6. Heredity 7. Cellular Organization
Name three of the seven characteristics of life.
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The correct answer is A. Growth. The reason it is growth is because the oak tree GREW six feet in two years. It did not reproduce by dropping acorns and it did not exhibit homeostasis by regrowing a broken branch.
An oak tree in your front yard grows from 12 feet tall to 18 feet tall in 2 years. What characteristic is being demonstrated here? A. Growth B. Reproduction C. Homeostasis
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Reproduction is when something reproduces asexually (on its own) or sexually (sperm and egg) creating an organism or cell.
What is reproduction?
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Homeostasis is: • keeping your body temperature constant • healing a wound/injury, like a broken bone or cut • getting enough rest each day • eating so you have energy
Name two things that homeostasis is.
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The answer is True. Samantha's mom's hair color gene passed on to Samantha.
Heredity is the passing on of genetic information. True or False: Samantha's mom has red hair, and Samantha has red hair. Is this an example of heredity?
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