3.1 + 3.2 Quiz (Characteristics of Life, Cell Theory, Organelle)

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

• 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. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

• All living things adapt to their environment

• All living things grow

• All living things have cells

• All living things use energy

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

The basic unit of structure and function in the human body is the....

• organ
• organ system
• cell
• tissue

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A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

• All living things reproduce

• All living things maintain homeostasis

• All living things use energy

• All living things grow

Which characteristic is shown: A plant switches position and follows the sunlight throughout the day.

• Grow and develop

• Respond to a stimulus

• Acquire and use energy

• Reproduce

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Which of the following is NOT an example of an adaptation?

• birds migrating during the winter months

• the total sum of all the chemical reactions in your body

• humans evolving the ability to digest lactose (sugar in milk)

• the ability of dolphins to communicate in aquatic environments

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Which of these is not true about all organisms?

• all living things are multicellular

• all living things obtain and use energy

• all living things reproduce

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Which item listed is NOT a characteristic of life?

• adjusting to stimuli

• getting and using energy

• growing and developing

• breathing

___________a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits a living thing inherits and needs to live.

• Cell

• Stimulus

• Homeostasis

• DNA

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