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Characteristics and Necessities of Life

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What is a stimulus?   A change causes a response.  
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What is homeostasis?   maintenance of a stable internal environment  
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What is asexual reproduction?   one parent produces offspring  
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What is sexual reproduction?   requires 2 parents to produce offspring  
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What does DNA do?   determines the genetic traits of an organism  
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What does heredity mean?   characterisitcs passed from one to another generation  
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What is metabolism?   the sum of all cellular processes in an organism  
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Living things grow and _______ .   develop  
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Food provides organisms with what?   energy and raw materials  
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What is a cell?   basic unit of structure and function in an organism  
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What type organisms are called producers?   organisms that make their own food  
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What type organisms are called consumers?   Organisms that must eat other organisms to get food.  
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What are the basic necessities of life?   food, water, air, and a place to live  
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Your body is made mostly of ________.   water  
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Living things use oxygen in what chemical process?   The process that releases energy form food.  
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All living things share 6 common __________.   characteristics  
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Chemicals, lights, sounds, and tastes are example of _________.   stimuli  
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What type of reproduction do most animals use?   sexual  
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Children resemble their parents because of ________.   heredity  
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Some consumers get their food from dead organisms. What are these organisms called?   decomposers  
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