Characteristics of Living Things

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What happens when you step out into the cold and your body shivers?

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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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A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching.

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All living things reproduce

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A lion and a zebra both drink from the same watering hole at the same time.

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All living things need water

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An eagle swoops down and plucks a salmon from a lake. What does this demonstrate about living things?

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All living things need energy

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A horse flicks away annoying biting flies with a swish of its tail.

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All living things respond to stimuli.

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A mouse, an oak tree, a mushroom and you all have DNA. What do they have in common?

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All living things contain the same chemicals

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A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.

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All living things grow and develop

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Bacteria is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?

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All living things contain cells

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A houseplant on the windowsill bends toward the window. What characteristic of living things does this demonstrate?

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All living things respond to their environment