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Characteristics of Life
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Matching - write the letter of the correct response on the line in the first column.
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1. In order for something to be living, it must have…
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2. The word that best describes an individual living thing is a(n)…
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a. plant.
b. organism.
c. animal.
d. water.
3. A Venus flytrap is a living organism. Given just that information, circle all of
the characteristics below that must be true about a Venus flytrap.
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a. one characteristic of living things.
b. a few characteristics of living things.
c. most characteristics of living things.
d. all five characteristics of living things.
a. A Venus flytrap can breathe.
b. A Venus flytrap is composed of cells.
c. A Venus flytrap acquires and uses energy.
d. A Venus flytrap can react to sunlight.
e. A Venus flytrap has a brain.
f. A Venus flytrap has many muscles.
g. A Venus flytrap can reproduce.
h. A Venus flytrap can communicate.
i. A Venus flytrap grows over the course of a year.
4. Below are pictures of a butterfly, a fern, E. coli bacteria cells, and a high school
student.
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What do all four of these organisms have in common?
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a. They can all breathe.
b. They can all move by themselves.
c. They are all made up of one or more cells.
d. They all stop growing.