Homework (Due Thursday) Q&A in Notebook or Glue in a copy

 Characteristics of Life

Reinforcement

Identify the feature of life that is illustrated by each of the following statements. NOTE: You may use terms other than the 5 characteristics of life!!

1. __________________ “That boy shot up five inches in only one year.”
2. __________________ “Our cat had a litter of kittens yesterday.”
3. __________________ “My dog has become much less clumsy now that he is a year old.”
4. __________________ “Eat a good breakfast and you will be able to run longer.”
5. __________________ “When that car pulled in the driveway, my cat ran to hide under the porch.”
6. __________________ “That owl’s night vision allows it to see the movement of

mice on even the darkest night.”

7. __________________ “Single-celled organisms live in the pond behind school.”
8. __________________ Your body normally maintains a temperature of 98.6^OF.
9. __________________ A giraffe uses its long neck to eat from the high branches of a tree.
10. ______________________________ is another name for “living thing.”
11. Determine if each of the following describes a stimulus or a response.

1. the recess bell ringing in an elementary school
2. your mouth watering at the sight of food on a plate
3. a sudden drop in air temperature
4. a flu virus entering your body
5. getting “butterflies” in your stomach before giving a speech.

12. Determine if each of the following describes a living or nonliving thing.

1. rust eating a hole in a metal bucket
2. an apple on a tree
3. bacteria
4. lightning
5. a dinosaur fossil
6. a wasp