8 Characteristics Of Living Things
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life?
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Adaptation to environmental changes
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Reproduction
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Differentiation from cells to tissues
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Complex chemical organization
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This quiz will test your knowledge on whether you can correctly identify why some objects are considered living and others non-living.
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Metabolism is the ____________.
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sum total of all chemical reactions
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Rate at which food is consumed
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output of energy usually as heat
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Way that an organism uses energy
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When an organism loses homeostasis it is ____________.
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Hibernating
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Dormant
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Dead
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shivering
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Which of the following is NOT among the basic characteristics shared by living things?
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using energy
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Responding to surroundings
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Breathing
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Growing
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Through evolutionary processes, organisms can ____________.
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eliminate their need for an energy source
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Adapt to their environment
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Stop the need to reproduce
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eliminate their cell structure
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Which of the following characteristics of a glass of water mean that it cannot be considered alive according to our shared characteristics of living things?
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It has no cells.
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It has no heart.
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It has no tissues.
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It has no arms or legs.
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Humans share the characteristics of an opposable thumb, forward-looking eyes, and a well-developed brain with other ____________.
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chordates
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Mammals
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primates
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Vertebrates
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Which of the following include organisms all of only one species?
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ecosystem
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population
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kingdom
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Community
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Humans and all other mammals share which of the flowing characteristics?
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Have mammary glands
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Walk on two legs
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give birth to live young as opposed to laying eggs
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live on land
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Which of the following groups is the largest and most diverse?
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Species
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Ecosystem
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population
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community
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