Question: 8 Characteristics of Life

Answer: Reproduction, Cells, Genetic Material, Evolution/Adaptation, Metabolism, Homeostasis, Response to Stimuli, Growth/Development

Question: Reproduction

Answer: Organisms make new organisms

Sexual vs. Asexual (produces clones of parent)

Question: Genetic Material

Answer: Features carried by complex molecule (DNA) passed through reproduction

Question: Cell

Answer: Collection of living matter enclosed in a barrier. Smallest units of life.

Question: Grow and Develop

Answer: Grow means increase in size. Develop means organism changes over the course of its life (cells differentiate)