Name: _____________________
Period: ___
Date: _______
Idea Map – Characteristics of Living Things
Complete the idea map by using the following phrases to fill in the blanks:
changes in the environment
their environment
to carry out life processes
change form
reproduce
grow
offspring
size
cells
cellular respiration
form
increase in
develop
need food
Living things
from
get energy
of
are made
to
respond
to
are adapted
1. Living things grow and develop. How are these two features of life different? Use examples. ______
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2. How do living things get energy from food? ____________________________________________
3. When you get cold, you shiver. This is an example of _____________________________________
4. Cacti can live in the desert. This is an example of _________________________________________
5. Something is living when it has _______________________________________________________