Characteristics and Classification of Life

most plants use energy from the sun to make sugar

organisms made of only one cell

all living things are made of __________

the science of classifying organisms into groups

all living things are made of cells

muscles of your legs working as you run

a fish swimming away from light and toward shadows

Which of these is an important carbohydrate found in living things?

a living thing can only be in one group at each classification level

the bacterium Serrata marcenscens grows best at a pH near neutral. Which is the correct pH?

a bacterium dividing

this characteristic may result in you having to change to a larger shoe size

an organism produces other organisms similar to itself

nightfall signals a plant to close its flowers

cells of the stomach making digestive juices

the smallest living unit of an organism is a(n)

after being watered, a wilted plant becomes stiff again

small new plantlets form from the sides of a plant

both cells and organisms respond to their environment

which scientific name is written correctly

cells perform the _______of living things

material inside the living cell

all cells come from ________ cells

the largest taxon in today's classification system is the

all cells use energy

a worm inches along the ground

a bee flying to its hive

nucleic acids are important parts of cell membranes

characteristic demonstrated by blood clotting inside the organism's body