Characteristics of Living Things and Needs of Living Things
All organisms are made of ___________.
Anything that is alive.
A multicellular organism is different from a unicellular organism in a few ways. Give two ways that they are different.
A unicellular organism is made of only one cell and is VERY simple and small. A multicellular organism is bigger and much more complex due to the need for differentiated cells to do different jobs in the body.
The type of reproduction that requires only one parent (set of genetic material (DNA).
Asexual
Some people used to believe that flies came from_____________.
Raw meat
All living things need _________, __________ and __________.
water, food and space
A cell is...
The most basic unit of structure and function in all living things.
What is the chemical that is contained in all organism's cells that is needed to give the cell energy?
Carbohydrates
To grow means...
get larger in size
Autotrophs are also known as_____________.
producers
All living organisms contain the same ___________, and use ____________.
chemicals and energy
A stimulus is...
Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way.
What are the two chemicals found in all cells that are important for building and rebuilding cells in the organism?
Protein and Lipids
to move through phases and stages of the life cycle as the organism matures.
Heterotrophs are also known as_______________.
consumers
All organisms ___________ to their surroundings.
respond
A response is...
An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus.
Which chemical gives every cell it's instructions for living and carrying out tasks required for the cell to function?
Nucleic Acid (DNA)
All multicellular organisms use energy to make new cells to grow larger or _______________ cells that have died.
replace
What type of organism makes up 99.9% of all producers on the planet?
Plants
All organisms grow, __________, and ___________.
develop and reproduce
Spontaneous Generation is...
The mistaken idea that living things can arise from non-living things.
Which is the most important chemical found in cells?
Water
The five ways we take in stimuli from the world around us is...
Our sense of tase, sight, touch, smell and hearing.
Spontaneous generation was first disproven by_____________.