First Test

Question 1

What are the 8 characteristics of living things?

Answer 1

Made of cells, reproduce, grow and develop, obtain and use materials and energy, respond to stimuli, genetic code, evolution, stable internal environment.

Question 2

Explain what genetic code means

Answer 2

They have DNA in their cells

Question 3

Explain stimuli

Answer 3

Stimuli is something that gives a signal for living things to react

Question 4

Explain homeostasis

Answer 4

All living things can maintain a stable internal living environment (keep body temp level)

Question 5

Unicellular organism

Answer 5

Has only one cell

Question 6

What are the big ideas of biology

Answer 6

Cellular basis of life, info and heredity, matter and energy, growth and development, reproduction, homeostasis, evolution, structure and function, unity and diversity of life, interdependence in nature, science as a way of knowing.