Vocab - Living Things in the Biosphere

Any living thing

• organism

• characteristic

• stimulus

• response

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A change in the environment is a ​ ​ (a)   , the way an organism reacts is a ​ (b)   .

• stimulus
• response
• cell
• spontaneous generation
• species
• homeostasis

Characteristics of organisms

• Made of cells

• Use energy

• Respond to surroundings

• Grow, develop and reproduce

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What are the basic unit of structure and function in living things?

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Unicellular

,

(b) Multicellular

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The tendency of an organism to maintain a balanced state in order to stay healthy.

• Stimuli
• Response
• Tropism
• Homestasis

The group of organisms that use the process of homeostasis includes

• mammals, only

• animals, only

• plants and animals

• all living things

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Which of the following correctly describes viruses?

• non-living because they grow and develop
• living because they can use energy
• non-living because they cannot reproduce on their own
• living because they can maintain homeostasis

Antibiotic resistance is a huge problem because the antibiotics we have now to fight bacteria will not work. Therefore we will need to make new kinds of .......... to fight the new types of ...........

• antibiotics, bacteria

• bacteria, antibiotics

• antibodies, bacteria

• antibiotics, viruses

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Protists that make their own food are...

• Autotrophs
• Heterotrophs
• Plantotrophs
• Sigotrophs