Characteristics of Life

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What process is demonstrated when your body shivers to maintain a temperature of 98.6F?

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All living things maintain homeostasis

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What characteristic of living things is demonstrated by green plants producing their own food through photosynthesis?

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All living things use energy

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What characteristic of living things is demonstrated when a baby bird hatches from its egg with both parents watching?

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All living things reproduce

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A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes. What does this illustrate about living things?

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All living things adapt to their environment

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A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly. What characteristic of living things does this demonstrate?

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All living things grow

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An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this? Options: All living things use energy, All living things contain cells, All living things respond to their environment, All living things grow

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All living things contain cells

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A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset.

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All living things respond to their environment

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Over three years, Tim's height has increased from 5'4" to 5'11". What characteristic of living things does this demonstrate?

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All living things grow

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The roots of a plant grow towards a source of ground water. What characteristic of living things does this demonstrate?

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All living things respond to their environment

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Over many hundreds of years, a population of rabbits living in the woods adapt to its surrounding with brown fur.

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All living things adapt to their environment