Characteristic of Life

What is the most basic unit of life?

• cell
• tissue
• organ
• organ system

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How do heterotrophs get the energy they need to survive?

• photosynthesis

• eating other organisms

• decomposing dead materials

• chemosynthesis

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Living things are based on a universal genetic

code. What molecule is responsible for that code?

• RNA

• Lipid

• Protein

• DNA

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Multicellular means

• made of many cells
• made of one kind of cell
• made of only one cell

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Organisms, such as bacteria, are ______________ which means they consist of only a single cell.

• unicellular
• multicellular
• autotrophic
• heterotrophic

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Energy is required for all life processes. How do AUTOTROPHIC organisms obtain energy?

• They make their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

• They consume other organisms for energy.

• They break down dead and decaying materials.

• They absorb energy through osmosis.

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All living things are composed of cells. 

• True
• False

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Rocks are not living because

• they never move
• they aren't needed for humans
• they are not made of cells
• they don't break down

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These cells make up plants!

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

• Both

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These cells make up animals

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

• Both

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