Characteristics of Life
Study Guide / Reinforcement (use previous concept checks too to help you study for your quiz!)
1. TRUE / FALSE: The main source of energy for most organisms is the sun.
2. TRUE / FALSE: All living things increase in size, or grow.
3. TRUE / FALSE: Unlike animals, plants never move.
4. TRUE / FALSE: Sexual reproduction is when one organism splits into two identical organisms.
5. TRUE / FALSE: There are internal conditions that need to maintain balanced within organelles. i.e. sugar, water, temperature.
6. TRUE / FALSE: All organisms are many-celled.
7. TRUE / FALSE: Biology is the study of life.
8. TRUE / FALSE: Animals use their senses to respond to stimuli.
9. TRUE / FALSE: Only animals need energy, because plants do not need to move.
10. TRUE / FALSE: Heterotrophs make their own food to obtain energy.
11. When a person is in cold weather, how will a person most likely respond?
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Directions: Identify the traits of life that is illustrated by each of the following statements. NOTE: You may use terms more than once.
12. ______“That boy shot up five inches in only one year.”
13. ______“Our cat had a litter of kittens yesterday.”
14. ______“My dog has become much less clumsy now that he is a year old.”
15. ______“Eat a good breakfast and you will be able to run longer.”
16. ______“When that car pulled in the driveway, my cat ran to hide under the porch.”
17. ______A giraffe uses its long neck to eat from the high branches of a tree.
18. ______I have a pet dog, which is considered an animal.
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19. An organism that consumes their food are ______
20. The picture to the right BEST show (growth or Development)
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21. If something is made of cells and shows all the characteristics of life then it is? ______
22. If something is NOT made up of cells but shows a few characteristics of life due to mechanical responses, then it is? ______
23. If something is made up of cells but does not show any other characteristic of life then it is? ______
24. Name an example of a nonliving thing that may show a characteristic of life. Explain why it is nonliving yet shows a characteristic of life ______