Chars of Living Things
This characteristic of life helps organisms make new organisms.
What is reproduction (or DNA)?
If an organism is made up of only one cell it is this
What is unicellular?
This is needed by organisms for sleeping, thinking, eating, and moving.
What is energy?
What does a virus need in order to reproduce?
What is a host?
Temperature in mars
what is -81 degrees fahrenheit.
A plant reacting to sunlight is an indicator of which characteristic of life?
What is response to stimuli?
This level of organization is made of different tissues
What are organs?
This is the process by which one or more organisms make new organisms.
What is reproduction?
Can viruses carry out metabolic functions such as taking in nutrients and releasing waste to survive?
No!
Atmosphere in Mars
This characteristic of life is seen when an organism has an involuntary reflex.
What is response to stimuli?
If an organism is made of many cells, it is this.
What is multicellular?
This is how unicellular organisms reproduce.
What is asexual reproduction?
(Splitting and making a copy of themselves.)
Although viruses are not living things, they do have these two characteristics of life.
What are DNA/RNA and evolution?
How have scientists discovered that there was once water in mars?
What is craters oozing water, dried riverbeds?
This characteristic of life is demonstrated when your brain reports that you are hungry when your blood-sugar gets low.
What is a Homeostasis?
Cells divide through a process called this
What is mitosis/meiosis
This describes all of the chemical reactions that occur within a living thing.
What is metabolism?
These features are shared by all viruses
What is a strand of genetic material within a protein coat>
Why is it important for scientist to understand the characteristics of life?
When a species changes to be better at a task over time, it is showing this characteristic of life.
What is adaptation or evolution?
This is the correct sequence of organizational structures in multicellular organisms.
What is cell, tissue, organ, organ system, and organism?
When Homeostasis is not maintained, this can happen to the organism.
What is get sick or die?
What are extremophiles?
What is organisms that can live in extreme environments?
This is needed by organisms for sleeping, thinking, eating, and moving.
What is energy?
Your body regulates its temperature by doing this.
What is shivering, sweating or changing blood flow