Characteristics of Life
Characteristics of life
Response or Stimulus
Vocabulary
100

The ability to create offspring

What is reproduction

100

Cells-->Tissue-->Organs--> Organ System--> Organism

What is Organization

100

Mrs. Gibson yelled at Ashley during class. Ashley began to cry.  Crying is the....

What is Response

100

Organism that make their own food

What are producers or autotrophs

200

Maintaining the normal internal conditions (Sweating)

What is Homeostasis

200

When organisms react to stimulus

What is their Response to Stimuli

200

Jasmine was walking to her car. It suddenly began to rain.  Jasmine started to run. The stimulus is...

What is the Rain

200

Process that plants use to get energy

What is Photosynthesis

300

An increase in size/mass and ability such as motor skills

What is Growth & Development
300

A change in an organism that occurs over a long period of time and allows it to survive its environment

What is an adaptation/Evolution

300

Tom, a diabetic, did not eat all day long. When he got to gym class he passed out. Passing out is the...

What is Response
300

An organism that must eat to get energy 

What are Consumers or Heterotrophs

400

All energy on Earth comes from the...

What is the SUN 

400

These are the two types of Reproduction

What are Asexual Reproduction, and Sexual Reproduction

400

Mark did not study for his quiz last night.  When he got his quiz back he noticed that he failed. What is the Response?

What is He Failed

400

This is the process that uses food to produce energy or use energy to form a new product

What is metabolism

500

All living organisms MUST have these

What is a Cell

500

Organisms need this to carry out all life activities, Organsims use this to build cells and break down food, Plants need this to make glucose (food), and Animals obtains this through consumption (eating)

What is Energy

500

The cat was startled and ran away when the taxi driver beeped the horn. The sound of the horn is the?

What is the Stimulus

500

These are organisms made of many cells

What are Multicellular Cells