Answer the following questions on this paper



Answer the following questions on this paper.

1. Compare the following objects and decide if it is living or not. Explain the reasons for your choice using the vocabulary from the characteristics of life. Explanations must be in complete sentences and points will be given for how you show that you understand what each characteristic actually means.

|EXAMPLE |LIVING OR NOT LIVING |EXPLANATION (Using at least 4 of the characteristics of life in your complete sentences) |

|A rock | | |

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| A turtle | | |

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|A sea sponge | | |

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|A piece of driftwood. | | |

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|Plastic ruler | | |

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|Wind chimes | | |

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|Yeast | | |

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|Cold virus | | |

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|Dinosaurs | | |

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|Mushrooms | | |

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|Lichen | | |

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|Air | | |

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2. Read the following examples and find the biology themes that are present. Explain why you chose that particular theme.

|EXAMPLE |THEME |EXPLANATION |

|Sweating when you are hot and shivering when | | |

|you are cold. | | |

|Trees have flowers and weeds have flowers. | | |

| | | |

|Birds like a crow are black while birds like a| | |

|cardinal are red. | | |

|A dog has a stomach and intestines that make | | |

|up its digestive system. | | |

|A cell that is put into salty water will get | | |

|smaller. | | |

| | | |

|Snakes are found in the desert as well as in | | |

|the ocean. | | |

|Birds of prey like the hawk are believed to be| | |

|the “children” of dinosaurs because they have | | |

|many similarities. | | |

|All living things can be broken down into | | |

|simpler parts. | | |

|Your liver and pancreas work together to keep | | |

|your blood sugar close to a constant level. | | |

|The artic fox and the artic hare have | | |

|different color fur in the winter and summer. | | |

|Fossils of sharks show that they were much | | |

|bigger a long time ago. | | |

|The polar bear’s fur is hollow so that it can | | |

|live in the artic without dying from the cold.| | |

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