10 Characteristics of Life

Question 1

Movement

Answer 1

change in position of the body or of a body part; motion of an internal change

Question 2

Responsiveness

Answer 2

reaction to a change taking place inside or outside the body

Question 3

Growth

Answer 3

increase in body size without change in shape

Question 4

Reproduction

Answer 4

production of new organisms and new cells

Question 5

Respiration

Answer 5

obtaining oxygen, removing carbon dioxide, and releasing energy from foods (some forms of life do not use oxygen in respiration)

Question 6

Digestion

Answer 6

breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used

Question 7

Absorption

Answer 7

passage of substances through membranes and into body fluids

Question 8

Circulation

Answer 8

movement of substances from place to place in body fluids

Question 9

Assimilation

Answer 9

changing of absorbed substances into chemically different forms

Question 10

Excretion

Answer 10

removal of wastes produced by metabolic reactions