Unit 1 Review

Front

What is the characteristic of living organisms that involves obtaining and using energy?

Back

Organisms use and obtain energy.

Front

True or False: Something has to move to be considered living.

Back

False.

Front

What is one characteristic of life that involves an increase in size or number of cells?

Back

Growth.

Front

What characteristic of living things explains why your legs and arms get longer and stronger as you get older?

Back

Living things grow and develop.

Front

What is homeostasis?

Back

Homeostasis is the way the body keeps everything balanced internally.

Front

What do we call the process by which living organisms respond to changes in their environment?

Back

Stimulus response.

Front

What is the basic unit of life?

Back

Cell.

Front

What is the term for the ability of an organism to maintain a stable internal environment?

Back

Homeostasis.

Front

What is the process by which organisms produce offspring?

Back

Reproduction.

Front

What characteristic of life involves the ability to change over time in response to the environment?

Back

Adaptation.