Characteristics of Life and Macromolecules Review

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

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Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

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

• All living things reproduce
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things use energy
• All living things grow

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An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?

• 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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Over three years, Tim's height has increased from 5'4" to 5'11".

• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things use energy
• All living things grow

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Which of the following contains the genetic code for protein synthesis?

• carbohydrate
• lipid
• protein
• nucleic acid

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Which of the following decreases the activation energy necessary to initiate the chemical change within the body?

• nucleotides
• enzymes
• amino acids
• fatty acids

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What are the building blocks of proteins?

• amino acid
• fatty acid
• nucleotide
• lipid

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What are the single sugars that are the building blocks of carbohydrates?

• monosaccharides
• disaccharides
• polysaccharides
• amino acid

Why are lipids insoluble in water?  

• lipids are polar
• lipids are non-polar
• lipids have a negative charge
• lipids are building blocks of protiens