1-Benchmark-Characteristics Of Life Question Preview (ID: 8901)


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What are the six characteristics of life?
a) photosynthesis, cellular respiration, meiosis, mitosis, reproduction, bones
b) cellular organization, respond to stimuli, use energy, grow and develop, DNA, reproduction
c) organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
d) consumers, producers, decomposers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores

If an organisms contains only one cell it would be called a(n)____________ organism
a) prokaryote
b) eukaryote
c) multicellular
d) unicellular

A producer uses ______________ to make its own food, while a consumer ________ to get their food.
a) photsynthesis, eat other organisms
b) cellular respiration, decomposes dead matter
c) photsynthesis, decomposes dead matter
d) carbon dioxide, photosythesis

Sexual reproduction is when_______________________________________
a) one parent gives its traits to its offspring (offspring are exactly like parents)
b) two parents give their traits and the offspring are similar to the parents
c) two parents give their traits and the offspring is exactly like the dominant parent
d) two parents give their traits and the offspring is exactly like the recessive parent

One parent gives its traits to its offspring and the offsrping is exactly like the parent is an example of________
a) sexual reproduction
b) asexual reproduction
c) binary fission
d) homeostasis

Changes that an organism undergo during its life cycle to be more comlex is _________________
a) growth
b) response
c) stimulus
d) development

What are the four basic needs of all living things?
a) energy (food), living space(habitat), water, homeostasis(air).
b) energy, organisms, stimulus, herbivore
c) shelter, water, organism, consumer
d) energy (food), living space(habitat), water, herbivore

What is a food chain?
a) a diagram that shows a simple way of showing how matter and energy pass from one orgaisms to another
b) a diagram that shows all the possible feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem
c) a triangular diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem
d) a living thing that has the ability to act or function

A diagram showing many relationships among organisms in an ecosystem (overlapping food chains), is a?
a) food web
b) food chain
c) energy pyramid
d) food life

A change in an organims environment is a __________ and causes a change in an organisms behavior which is called a _____________
a) stimulus, response
b) herbivore, carnivore
c) producer, consumer
d) fungi, bacteria

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