The Characteristics of Livings Things

Question 1

Living things are _____

Answer 1

Organized

Question 2

Single Cell organisms

Answer 2

Bacteria

Question 3

Multicellular organism

Answer 3

Plants

Question 4

DNA is the code for making _____

Answer 4

Proteins

Question 5

DNA

Answer 5

Chemical instructions that direct
the cell’s activities.

Question 6

Metabolism

Answer 6

Chemical reactions which occur in a
living organism to carry out life processes.

Question 7

Stimulant

Answer 7

response reacting to the environment
Stimulus can include changes in temperature,
light, and sound.

Question 8

Response

Answer 8

an action or change in an organism to
react to a stimulus.

Question 9

Life Cycles

Answer 9

The process of change that
occurs during an organism’s
life to produce a more
complex organism.

Question 10

Sexual Reproduction

Answer 10

Involves two parents to combine genetic material to produce a new organism. Provides genetic variation within a species allowing it to adapt to the environment. (Most living things)

Question 11

Asexual Reproduction

Answer 11

Only needs one parent and produces an offspring that is identical to the parent.

Question 12

Homeostasis

Answer 12

The maintenance of stable internal conditions
in spite of change in the external changes. Positive feedback and negative feedback loops, response to stimuli (receptor, control center,
effector, messaging)

Question 13

Examples of homeostasis.

Answer 13

Blood pH
Blood carbon dioxide levels
Blood glucose levels
Body temperature
Blood pressure
Water balance

Question 14

Evolution

Answer 14

Gradual change over a long period of time creating the diversity of life on earth, happens faster in organisms with shorter lifespans.