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Characteristics of Life
Proof that Earthworms are Alive (Characteristics)
100

Bath-tub Pony

What is nonliving?

100
Something that shows characteristics of life is a ______ thing.
What is living?
100

a branch of science that deals with living organisms and their vital processes.

What is biology?

100
When I was five, I was only 3 feet tall, and now I am 5 feet tall, because I am a living thing, and all living things _________.
What is grow?
100

Their two circulatory systems play a role in this

What is homeostasis?

200
A bear.
What is living?
200
A living thing is an __________.
What is an organism?
200

Structure made up of a group of tissues, working together to perform specific functions

What is an organ?

200
I got really hungry after school, so I ate some cookies and felt much better. I felt better because I am a living thing and living things use _______ to survive.
What is energy?
200

Starts as a cocoon; at 4-6 weeks can reproduce; at 10-55 is adult

What is growth/growth and development?

300
Benjamin Franklin
What is dead?
300
Something that was once alive, but isn't anymore is ______.
What is dead?
300

Group of cells with similar structures, working together to perform a shared function.

What is tissue?

300
My neighbor is pregnant with her third child. I can tell she is a living thing, because all living things _________.
What is reproduce?
300

They have an escape response to get away.

What is "Responds to Environment"?

400

Coral.

What is alive?

400

Biologically immortal animals are considered to be an "________ to the rule".

What is exception?

400

Group of organs with related functions, working together to perform body functions.

What is an organ system?

400

When it snows, I put on lots of clothes before I leave the house because as a living thing I respond to the ________.

What is the environment?

400

For example they have digestive and ameboid _____.

What is "made of cells".

500

Viruses

What is nonliving?

500

(1) are organized and are composed of cells; (2) can reproduce; (3) require energy; (4) respond to the environment; (5) grow; (6) maintain homeostasis

What are six characteristics of life?

500

Basic structural and functional unit of a living organism.

What is a cell?

500

Name 3 characteristics of living things

What is (3 of) made up of one or more cells, grow, use/require energy, reproduce, respond to the environment, homeostasis?

500

Worms eat nutrients in the soil.

What is "they require energy"?