Characteristics of Life

Responding to the environment by maintaining a stable internal environment despite changing external conditions is _____.

homeostasis

Which term best describes the temperature and weather conditions of an organism's environment?

abiotic factors

Which is biotic?

beeswax

The excretions of living organisms are best categorized as which type of factor in an environment?

biotic

Which pair of terms best describes a wooden table?

biotic and nonliving

Which list shows the levels of organization of an organism in hierarchical order from left to right, from the smallest to the most complex?

cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Which is one of the five characteristics of life?

growing and developing

Sweating and panting are examples of which characteristic of life?

responding to the environment

When listing the levels of organization in organisms from smallest to most complex, which level is just below organs in complexity?

tissue

Which characteristic of life best describes the process of photosynthesis?

using energy