Characteristics of Living Things

Question 1

What are the 8 characteristics of living things?

Answer 1

Living things…
1. are made up of cells
2. metabolize
3. grow and develop
4. respond to stimuli
5. interact
6. reproduce
7. adapt and evolve
8. have organized structure

Question 2

Is the sum of all life-sustaining chemical reactions to living things

Answer 2

Metabolism

Question 3

What are the 2 types of metabolism?

Answer 3

Anabolism and Catabolism

Question 4

Substance needed of organisms to grow, store energy, repair tissues that synthesized or put together

Answer 4

Anabolism

Question 5

Some complex substances are broken down, releasing the energy stored in their molecules

Answer 5

Catabolism

Question 6

Signal/change in the environment of the organisms that produce a response/reaction from the organism

Answer 6

Stimulus

Question 7

“No man is an island”

Answer 7

Living things interact

Question 8

Organisms depend on each other and therefore cannot live without each other

Answer 8

Living things interact

Question 9

To continue the life of a species and prevent extinction

Answer 9

Living things reproduce

Question 10

In order for living things to perform their functions correctly

Answer 10

Living things have organized structure