Question | Answer |
How many characteristics do all living things share? | 6 |
What is one characteristic that all living things share? | they have cells |
How many cells do all living things have? | 1 or more |
What has all the materials necessary for life? | a cell |
What keeps a cell's contents away from its environment? | a membrane |
What are all living things able to do? | they can sense and respond to change |
What is a stimulus? | a change that affects a living thing's activity |
What must all living thing maintain? | a stable internal condition |
What is homeostasis? | the maintenance of a stable internal condition |
What is one characteristic that all living things share? | they are able to reproduce |
How do two parents produce offspring? | through sexual reproduction |
How does a single parent produce offspring? | through asexual reproduction |
What do the cells of all living things contain? | DNA |
When living things reproduce, who do they pass copies of their DNA to? | their offspring |
What is heredity? | the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
What does DNA control? | the structure and function of cells |
What is the total of all chemical activities a living thing performs called? | metabolism |
What do all living things do during their lives? | they grow and develop |
What happens to a single-celled living thing as it grows? | it gets larger and divides |
What happens to a living thing with many cells as it grows? | it gains cells and gets bigger |
What is a cell? | the smallest unit that can perform all life processes |
What is sexual reproduction? | reproduction in which the sex cells from two parents unite, producing offspring that share traits from both parents |
What is asexual reproduction? | reproduction that does not involve the union of sex cells and in which one parent produces offspring identical to itself |