Characteristics of Living Things Flashcards
What are all living things made of?
All living things are made of cells.
What can carry out the life process?
All living things can carry out the life process.
What makes up most of the Earth’s organisms?
Single celled organisms make up most of the Earth’s organisms.
To be considered living, you have to have what?
You have to have all the characteristics of a living thing, to be considered living.
What do Multi-cellular organisms specialize in?
They specialize to preform specific functions.
All living things consist of what?
All living things consist of energy.
Consumers get their energy from what?
All living things get their energy from plants.
All living things respond to what?
All living things respond to a stimulus.
All living things respond to immediate and long-term changes to what?
All living things respond to immediate and long-term changes to their environment.
All living things are capable of what?
All living things are capable of reproducing.
What are the two types of reproduction?
The two types of reproduction are sexual and asexual reproduction.
All living things do what?
All living things grow and develop.
To increase the number of cells, what must occur?
Cell division must occur.
Develop means to change into what?
Develop means to change into an adult.
Organisms must do what to changes in their environment or risk becoming extinct?
Organisms must adapt to changes in their environment or risk becoming extinct.