Unit One Test, Characteristics Of Living Things

Front 1

What are the eleven characteristics of living things?

Back 1

1)Cellular Organization
2) Growth and Development
3)Utilizing energy
4)Response to their environment
5)Homeostasis
6)Reproduction
7)Adaption and change
8)Movement
9)Digestion
10)Synthesis
11)Respiration

Front 2

All living things are composed of cells is the deffinition of what characteristic?

Back 2

Cellular Organization

Front 3

Under Cellular Organization, cells are divided into what two categories?

Back 3

multicellular, and unicellular

Front 4

What is an example of unicellular organisms?

Back 4

bacteria and paranecium

Front 5

Humans fall under what category of cellular organization?

Back 5

multicellular

Front 6

Growth and Development is determined by what?

Back 6

adding cells (mitosis)

Front 7

Small molecules forming larger ones is defined as what?

Back 7

anabolism

Front 8

Catabloism is when large molecules are ______ _______ into smaller ones.

Back 8

broken down (digestion)

Front 9

Under the characteristic of utilizing energy, what are the two classifications of how living things use energy.

Back 9

autotroph, and heterotroph

Front 10

Autotrophs are living things that do what to gain energy?

Back 10

photosynthesize

Front 11

Organisms that must consume other organisms for energy are called what?

Back 11

heterotrophs

Front 12

Stimulus and response of a living organism shows what characteristic?

Back 12

response to their environment

Front 13

Maintaining a stable internal environment is called what?

Back 13

homeostasis

Front 14

What are the three types of reproduction?

Back 14

asexual, sexual and hermaphrodites.

Front 15

What type of reproduction exchanges gametes and gentic information?

Back 15

sexual

Front 16

Asexual reproduction is no exchange of gametes and each offspring is a _____.

Back 16

clone

Front 17

If this characteristic is not applied, then the living organism will go instinct.

Back 17

adaption and change (evolution)

Front 18

This characteristic is used throughout all organisms.

Back 18

Movement. (sorry, it was a broad question)

Front 19

The breakdown of larger molecules is called this characteristic.

Back 19

digestion

Front 20

Building new materials from digested materials is called this characteristic.

Back 20

synthesis