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Q2 Characteristics of Life Worksheet

The document discusses the characteristics of life and levels of organization of living things. It provides a worksheet with questions about examples that illustrate life's characteristics like growth, reproduction, responding to stimuli, and maintaining homeostasis. The worksheet also covers levels of organization from simplest to most complex.

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Q2 Characteristics of Life Worksheet

The document discusses the characteristics of life and levels of organization of living things. It provides a worksheet with questions about examples that illustrate life's characteristics like growth, reproduction, responding to stimuli, and maintaining homeostasis. The worksheet also covers levels of organization from simplest to most complex.

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Characteristics of Life Worksheet

Identify the characteristic of life that is illustrated by each of the following


statements.

WORD BANK

• Made of Cells • Development


• Reproduction • Responds to Stimuli
• Growth • Evolve/Adapt
• Obtain and Use • Maintain homeostasis
Energy

1. _______________________ “That boy shot up five

inches in only one year.”


2. _______________________ “Our cat had a litter of
kittens yesterday.”
3. _______________________ “My dog has become much
less clumsy now that he is a year old.”
4. _______________________ “Eat a good breakfast and
you will be able to run longer.”
5. _______________________ “When that car pulled in the
driveway, my cat ran to hide under the porch.”

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6. __________________ “That owl’s night vision allows it to
see the movement of mice on even the darkest night.”
7. _______________________ “Single-celled organisms live
in the pond behind school.”
8. _______________________ Your body normally
O
maintains a temperature of 98.6 F.

9. Which of the following is a stimulus, which is a response?


a) the recess bell ringing in an elementary school
_________________
b) your mouth watering at the sight of food on a plate
_________________
c) a sudden drop in air temperature
________________
d) a flu virus entering your
body_________________
e) getting “butterflies” in your stomach before giving
a speech._________________

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10.Determine if each of the following describes a living or nonliving thing.

a) rust eating a hole in a metal bucket__________

b) an apple on a tree______________

c) bacteria_______________

d) lightning______________

e) a dinosaur fossil______________

f) a wasp________________

* * * * * * * * * * * *

Biology is:
=_____________________________________________

Living Things are called:


=_____________________________________________

List Characteristics of ALL LIVING THINGS


1. __________________________________________
2. __________________________________________
3. __________________________________________
4. __________________________________________
5. __________________________________________
6. __________________________________________
7. __________________________________________
8. __________________________________________

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Modern science has changed the way people understand
their world. In the past, the people of many societies thought
that mountains, rivers, and forests were “alive.’ In much the
same way that animals and plants are alive. Today, most
people recognize a difference between living and non-living
things.

DIRECTIONS: Fill out the table below. Explain HOW each shows the
characteristic of life IF it does.

Feature of Life Dog Fast-moving stream

made of cells?

uses energy?

responds and
adjusts to
changes?

reproduces?

grows and

develops?

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Life is organized into many levels. The simplest level at which life exists is the cell.
Life is also organized on nonliving levels (below the cell) and levels above the
organism.

DIRECTIONS: Use your notes to arrange the following levels of organization in


order for simplest to most complex:

WORD BANK

• Tissue
• Cell
• Organ
• Organism
• Organ System

LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION:

_______________
_______________
SIMPLE
_______________
_______________
_______________

MOST COMPLEX

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DIRECTIONS: Match each word to its definition

_____ 1. Organ

_____ 2. Cell
___3 Organ System _____ 4.
Organelle
_____ 5. Tissue
_____ 6. Organism

A. Basic unit of structure and function in an organism


B. Group of similar cells that work together to perform a task
C. A living thing that may be unicellular or multicellular
D. Group of similar tissues working together like the heart or
lungs
E. Parts of a cell such as the nucleus

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ANSWER SHEET

1. Growth
5. Responds to stimuli
2. Reproduction
6. Evolve/adapt
3. Development
7. Made of cells
4. Obtain or use energy
8.Maintain homeostasis
9. 10.
A. Stimulus A. Nonliving
B. response B. Nonliving
C. stimulus C. living
D. D. nonliving
E. Response E. Nonliving
F. living

1. BIOLOGY. Is the study of living things or life.

2. LIVING THINGS ARE CALLED organism

3 TO 10. LIFE CHARACTERISTICS

1. Made of cells
2. Cellular organization
3. Reproduction
4. Metabolism
5. Homeostasis
6. Heredity
7. Respose to stimuli
8. Growth and development
9. Adaptation through evolution
10. Use energy

LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION (FROM SIMPLE TO COMPLEX)

1. Cell 4. Organ System


2. Tissue 5. organism
3. Organ
MATCHING TYPE

1. D

2. A

3. A

4. E

5. B

6. C

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