Definitions
Characteristics of Organisms
True or False
Fill-in-the-Blanks
The Basic Needs of All Living Things
100
A tiny microscopic structure that is the basic unit of all living things.
What is a cell
100
- Made of one or more cells - Grow and develop - Reproduce - Respond
What are the 4 characteristics that all organisms have in common
100
Yeast is a living organism
True
100
All living things share __________ characteristics
What is Common
100
The four basic needs of all living things
What are: nutrients, water, air and a habitat or place to live
200
A living thing such as a plant or an animal.
What is an organism
200
A rabbit giving birth to babies is an example of this characteristic of living things
What is all living things reproduce
200
A ________ is a combination of something you observe and something you already know
What is an inference
200
Humans and animals need ______ from the air but green plants need ______
What are oxygen and CO2 (carbon dioxide)
300
Information that you can see, smell, hear, taste or touch
What is observations
300
A tadpole changing into a frog is an example of this characteristic all organisms share
What is living things grow and develop
300
Aboriginal peoples relied on their classification of living things for survival
What is true
300
Scientists use observations of _______ and ________ structures to classify organisms
What are internal and external structures
300
A ______ is a place where an organism has a living space and the right conditions to survive
What is a habitat
400
An idea that is a combination of what you observe and know about something
What is an inference
400
Yeast cells budding to make new yeast cells after eating sugar is an example of this characteristic all organisms share
What is living things reproduce to form more of the same kind of organism
400
A key can be like a map to understand how a group of things are classified
What is true
400
The independent variable is the variable we ______, such as temperature and the yeast experiment
What is change
400
Water is a need of all living things because it is the main ingredient of all ______
What are cells
500
The organization of living or non-living things according to their similarities or differences
What is a classification system
500
Feeling sad if someone puts you down or feeling happy when someone shares a 'put-up' with you is an example of this characteristic all organisms share.
What is living things respond
500
Tom Cruise's wax figurine looks more realistic than Justin Timberlake's
What is false
500
The dependent variable is the variable we _______, such as the amount of foam produced in the yeast experiment
What is measure
500
All living things need both of these to keep healthy and grow
What are nutrients and energy