Characteristics of Life | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Would you rather be invisible or be able to fly?

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Would you rather have to eat a bowl full of worms or a live frog?

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Would you rather sit with a resting lion for ten minutes or run across a hungry alligator’s back?

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Would you rather spend a week in the forest or a night in a real haunted house?

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Would you rather have a personal maid or a personal chef?

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Would you rather labor under a hot sun or extreme cold?

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Would you rather have everyone you know be able to read your thoughts or for everyone you know to have access to your Internet history?

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Would you rather have telekinesis (the ability to move things with your mind) or telepathy (the ability to read minds)?

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The gradual change in a species over time due to adaptations.

Evolution

Any behavior, structure, or internal process that allows an organism to make changes in response to environmental factors and live long enough to reproduce.

Adaptation

The ability to cause change.

Energy

The ability to make constant adjustments to maintain the right amount of water and minerals in its cells.

Homeostasis

The organism’s reaction to the stimulus.

Response

Anything that causes an organism to react.

Stimulus

The changes that occur in each organism’s life.

Development

The formation of new structures and an increase in the amount of living material.

Growth

What is structure?

Organization

The ability of an organism to make more of the same type of organism.

Reproduction

A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that are able to reproduce.

Species