| A | B |
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What characteristic of life?,  | DNA and RNA |
What characteristic of life?,  | Grow and Develop |
What characteristic of life?,  | Ingestion (metabolism) |
What characteristic of life?,  | Reproduction |
What characteristic of life?,  | Cellular Organization |
What characteristic of life?,  | Respiration (metabolism) |
| theory that states that life can spring from nonliving matter. | Spontaneous Generation |
| sum total of all the chemical reactions that occur in an organism. | Metabolism |
| taking in of food | Ingestion |
| the process by which food is broken down into simpler substances | Digestion |
| the process by which living organisms take in oxygen and use it to produce energy | Respiration |
| the process of getting rid of waste materials | Excretion |
| signal to which an organism reacts | Stimulus |
| some action or movement of an organism brought on by a stimulus | Response |
| ability of an organism to keep conditions inside its body the same | Homeostasis |
| The Code of Life | DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) |
| reproduction requiring only one parent | Asexual Reproduction |
| Building BlockS of Life | Cells |
| Made of one cell | Unicellular |
| Made of many cells | Multicellular |
| When the sperm fertilizes the egg | Conception |
| Need for living things which make their own food | Light |
| An organism which can make its own food | Autotroph (producer) |
| “reads” the genetic information carried by DNA | RNA |
What characteristic?,  | Reproduces like kind |
| Organsim which canNOT make its own food |  |
| Basic unit of structure and function for living things | Cell |
| A complete living thing | Organism |
| Molecule which living things are mostly made up of | Water |
| Four needs of living things | gases, space, water, and food |
| Three characteristics of living things | Made of cells, reproduce, and have DNA and RNA |
