Living Organisms Characteristics

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What are the six main elements that make up living things?

  • Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Silicon, Iron
  • Sodium, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, Sulfur
  • Carbon, Helium, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Potassium, Calcium
  • Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur (correct)

What is the most abundant molecule in cells?

  • Water (correct)
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Oxygen
  • Nitrogen

Which major carbon-based molecule is primarily used for long-term energy storage?

  • Nucleic Acids
  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
  • Lipids (correct)

What are the building blocks of cells that carry out important functions such as transport and catalyzing chemical reactions?

<p>Proteins (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In large multicellular organisms like plants and animals, what do groups of cells that work together form?

<p>Tissues (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes living organisms from non-living things?

<p>Highly organized structure (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living organisms?

<p>Breathing oxygen (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one way living organisms respond to their environment?

<p>Generating heat through shivering (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do living organisms maintain homeostasis?

<p>By contracting muscles when cold (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of asexual reproduction in living organisms?

<p>Division into two identical copies (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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