Characteristics Of Life Flashcards
1
Q
Define and give 2 examples of homeostasis.
A
Homeostasis- maintaining a stable environment.
- when your body is hot you sweat
- when your body is cold you shiver
2
Q
What are the 8 characteristics of life? Why isn’t the ability to move one of them?
A
Made of cells, can reproduce, based on genetic code, evolution, growth and development, maintaining internal balance, responding to their environment, obtain and use materials and energy. The ability to move is not a characteristic of life, because if something is able to move doesn’t make it alive. (Ex. Robot, car..)
