Bhopkinsbiology.weebly.com



Name: Per:

Characteristics of Life

From your textbook (pages 16-19), list and define each of the characteristics of living things:

8 Characteristics of Life

1.

a. Two types

1)

2)

2.

a. Two types

1)

2)

3.

Example:

4.

Example:

5.

a. Anabolism (I will give you this definition):

b. Catabolism (I will give you this definition):

c. Metabolism:

6.

Example:

7.

a. Irritability (I will give you this definition):

b. Homeostasis:

8.

Listed below are five basic characteristics of living things. Each of the statements that follow describes either a living or a nonliving thing. If the statement describes a living thing, place in the blank before the statement the letter of the characteristic to which the statement refers. If the statement describes a nonliving thing, place an N in the blank.

A. Made of cells B. Reproduction C. Grow and Develop

D. Obtain and use energy E. Respond to the environment

_____1. A butterfly emerges from a cocoon.

_____2. A lizard sleeps in the sun to obtain warmth.

_____3. A runner eats a spaghetti dinner the night before a race.

_____4. Rust forms on an iron nail.

_____5. Wood is made up of the cell walls that separated tree cells.

_____6. A piece of paper is cut in half to form two smaller pieces.

_____7. A bird lays an egg that will hatch into a baby bird.

_____8. A tadpole gradually changes into a frog.

_____9. Birds fly south to find food in the winter.

_____10. A green plant converts water and carbon dioxide into sugar.

_____11. A spider lays its eggs in an egg sac.

_____12. A bacterium divides to form two bacteria.

Questions:

1. You have found an organism by examining some pond water under the microscope. The organism has eyes and antennae. Is this organism unicellular or multicellular? Explain why.

2. Yeast has the ability to reproduce copies of itself at a rapid rate under the proper conditions. What type of reproduction does yeast undergo?

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download