Living or Non-living
A cat. How many characteristics does it have?
Living:All 6. Cells, Homeostasis, Response to Stimuli, Reproduce/Heredity, Metabolism/energy, Growth
A dog hears an unfamiliar noise and barks.
respond to stimuli
All living things are made of _______.
cells
Definition: The variable that is changed during the experiment
What is the manipulated variable
reproduction, movement, growth
movement is not a characteristic of life
A virus
Non- Living: Viruses cannot reproduce without a host among other things
_______ is the characteristic of life that describes an organism getting larger.
Growing
Living things must be able to _______, or make more of their kind.
reproduce
The first step in designing an experiment
What is "the Question"
Metabolism, walking, growing
walking
A wooden desk (for extra admiration...which characteristics does it have)
Not living-Living: Cells
An advantageous trait an animal develops.
adaptation
All living things must _______ and develop.
grow
Definition: The variable that is measured during and after the experiment
What is the responding variable
resting, reproducing, responding
resting is not a characteristic of life
You find an unknown sample: the sample can reproduce, grow, and metabolize substances.
Non-living: It does not have all 6 characteristics of life
The ability of a living organism to maintain relatively constant internal conditions is called _______.
homeostasis
Living things use energy. Which characteristic does this fall under?
metabolism
Usually written as an If, Then statement.
What is hypothesis
need oxygen, need energy, respond to stimuli
all living things do not need oxygen
Road kill is classified as _______.
Non-living
The ability to break down food is called
Metabolism
When a species changes over time and generations
The ______ group is the group that is not introduced to the independent variable during the experiment.
What is the control group
cells, homeostasis, death
dying is not a characteristic of life