Characteristics of Life

Front

What is the most basic unit of life?

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Cell

Front

What does multicellular mean?

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Made of many cells

Front

What is the term for maintaining a stable internal environment?

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Homeostasis

Front

How many characteristics of living things must an organism display to be considered living?

Back

All

Front

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic shared by all living organisms? Ability to move, Ability to grow and develop, Made up of one or more cells, Responds to stimuli

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Ability to move

Front

What is the process by which living organisms grow and develop?

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Growth and development

Front

What is the ability of an organism to respond to environmental changes called?

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Stimulus response

Front

What is the term for the chemical processes that occur within a living organism to maintain life?

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Metabolism

Front

What do we call organisms that are made up of only one cell?

Back

Unicellular organisms

Front

What is the characteristic of life that involves the ability to reproduce?

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Reproduction