What makes something living?

What makes something living?

• It can talk

• It is made of cells

• It can reproduce

• It consumes fuel or food to survive

Answer explanation

Although other things can do the other things listed, only living things are made of cells

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Are all living things made of one cell or can they be made of more than one cell?

• Living things are made of one or more cells

• Living things are not made of cells

• Living things are made of one cell only

• Living things are always made of more than one cell

Answer explanation

Cells can be made of only one cell or many

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Which is an example of a single cell organism?

• Virus

• Sea Jelly or Jelly Fish

• A grain of sand

• Bacteria

Answer explanation

A virus is nonliving according to most scientists, sand is a rock, a sea jelly has many cells, bacteria are single celled

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Is there anything smaller than a cell that is considered living?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Cells are the smallest object considered to be living

Is the ability to move like walk , swim, or fly the only behavior that makes something living?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Most plants do not independently move, other than growing, although they are living.

What was the first life on Earth according to science?

• Humans

• Plants

• Rocks

• Bacteria

Answer explanation

Bacteria are the first known living organisms on Earth at 3.5 billion years old.

Based on your understanding so far, what is all life made of?

Answer explanation

All living things are related because we are all made of cells.

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