Characteristics of Life 1
It is the smallest unit of life.
Cell
What is an organism whose entire "body" is only made of ONE cell known as? (ex: bacteria)
unicellular
All things in the the universe are made from these
Atoms
Corn in a corn field
Living
Humans eat food to get this characteristic of life
What is energy/metabolism?
Bonus: Double Points
The passing of traits from parents to offspring
What is heredity?
What is the balancing of an organism’s internal environment to keep conditions suitable ?
homeostasis
What are the little parts that make a cell called?
Organelles
Bacteria
True
The type of science that studies living things is
Biology
What is making more of the same kind of organism (offspring)?
reproduction
True or False: Changing over a long period of time is known as evolving.
True
Different tissue types work together to form this
Salt
Not Living
True or False: All organisms grow and develop.
True!
Bonus: Double Points
What does "abiotic" mean?
Nonliving
All of the same type of organisms living in the same area are called what
Population
Sea Sponge
Living
Characteristic that controls heredity (passing of traits from one generation to another)
What is DNA?
True or False: ALL living things breathe oxygen
False!
What is the small unit of life called?
Wood stacked in a wood pile
Not Living