Ch. 9.1 Single-celled organisms have all the characteristics of living things

Vocabulary: matter, molecule, species, binary fission, kingdom, microorganism, virus

9.1 Review


1. very large organism: huge fungus, very small organism: single-celled bacteria
2. growth, reproduction, organization, and response to environment
3. enery, material, and living space
4. A dog is made of cells that perform specific functions. It starts as a puppy. As its cells reproduce, it grows to a full-sized dog. Male and female dogs reproduce sexually to create more puppies. Dogs bark at, run at, or run from different things they sense.
5. There is room in a lake for many billions of microscopic organisms but not for nearly as many larger organisms.
6. (Drawings will differ.)