Intro to Ecology

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

A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.

• All living things adapt to their environment
• All living things grow
• All living things have cells
• All living things use energy

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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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YOU are a multi-celled organism but an amoeba is a single celled organism.

• All living things have cells
• All living things grow
• All living things use energy
• All living things respond to their environment

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Living things are made up of units called

• DNA

• Cells

• Homeostasis

• Seeds

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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

In order for something to be considered a living organism, it must display _____ of the eight characteristics of living things.

• one
• some
• all
• more than half

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A collection of living organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another is a...

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Ecosphere

Which is an example of an organism?

• a beetle
• a lake
• a rock
• a shell

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Biology is the _____.

• study of abiotic factors

• study of life

• study of chemicals and their properties

• study of the physical properties of the world

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