Chars of Living Things
This characteristic of life provides the blueprints to build new cells.
What is DNA?
This is described as making more or bigger cells
What is growth?
This is needed by organisms for sleeping, thinking, eating, and moving.
What is energy?
What is another name for maintaining internal balance? Like sweating on a hot day?
what is homeostasis?
All living things must have how many cells?
What is at least one?
When a tadpole becomes a frog, it is showing this characteristic of life.
What is Growth and Development?
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?
This is something that causes an organism to respond
What is a stimulus?
The largest level of cellular organization.
What is an organism?
This characteristic of life is seen when an organism has a reaction to its surroundings.
What is Sense and Respond?
If an organism is made of many cells, it is this.
What is multicellular?
Type of reproduction where a single organism doesn't need another organism. Like how bacteria reproduce.
What is asexual reproduction?
(Splitting and making a copy of themselves.)
Your body regulates its temperature by doing this.
What is shivering or sweating?
Your heart and lungs are an example of one of these.
What is an organ system?
This characteristic of life is demonstrated when you eat food.
What is Energy Use?
Growth in multicellular organisms is mostly due to an increase in the (number/size) of cells. Pick one.
What is number?
This describes all of the chemical reactions that occur within a living thing.
What is metabolism?
Think: When Homeostasis is not maintained, this can happen to the organism.
What is gets sick or dies?
The smallest level of cellular organization.
What is a cell?
If something meets all the characteristics of life, it is called ________.
What is biotic?
Think: When a unicellular organism grows, rather than increasing the number of cells, the organism would simply do this
What is its cell increases in size?
This mode of reproduction involves two parents.
What is sexual reproduction?
Think: Many animals migrate as a response to this stimulus.
What is a change in weather/seasons?
Cells are combined to form ____________.
What are tissues?