1. iScience 7-Chapter 1 Lesson 1- Characteristics of Life
Vocabulary Quiz

2. an organism’s ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change

3. homeostasis
an organism’s ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change

4. process of becoming larger by adding cells and/or by increasing cell size

5. growth
process of becoming larger by adding cells and/or by increasing cell size

6. things that have all the characteristics of life

7. organism
things that have all the characteristics of life

8. type of reproduction in which the genetic material from two different cells—a sperm and an egg—combine producing an offspring

9. sexual reproduction
type of reproduction in which the genetic material from two different cells—a sperm and an egg—combine producing an offspring

10. living things that are made of only one cell
amoeba
Life in a Drop of Water

11. unicellular paramecium
living things that are made of only one cell
amoeba
Life in a Drop of Water

12. a complete or marked change of physical form, structure, or substance

13. metamorphosis
a complete or marked change of physical form, structure, or substance

14. the study of all living things

15. biology
the study of all living things

16. living things that are made of two or more cells

17. multicellular
living things that are made of two or more cells

18. a type of reproduction in which one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization

19. asexual reproduction
a type of reproduction in which one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization

20. the study of all living things

21. life science
the study of all living things

22. the smallest unit of life

23. cell
the smallest unit of life

24. a change in an organism’s environment that cause a response

25. stimulus
a change in an organism’s environment that cause a response

26. life

27. bio
life

28. the process by which one organism makes one or more new organisms

29. reproduction
the process by which one organism makes one or more new organisms

30. adjustment to changes in internal and external environments

31. response
adjustment to changes in internal and external environments

32. changes that occur in an organism during its lifetime

33. development
changes that occur in an organism during its lifetime