Matching Pairs Characteristics of LifeOnline version Match the term with the definition. by Ryan Corigliano 1 Characteristics of Life 2 response 3 organism 4 How do multicelled organisms grow? 5 heat, sunlight, weather, nutrient (food) availability 6 asexual reproduction 7 sexual reproduction 8 Energy 9 cell membrane 10 How single celled organisms grow? 11 producers 12 stimulus 13 consumers 14 cells Cell size grows. An individual form of life. These carry out photosynthesis to produce their own food. These are the building blocks of life. Increase the number and size of their cells. The reaction of an organism from a stimulus. Grows and develops Uses energy Reproduces Responds to Stimuli Made of one or more cells These like to eat other organisms for food. This encloses and controls what enters and leaves the cell. The ability to cause change or do work. Requires two parents and will receive half of each parents DNA. Something that causes a living thing to react or respond. Examples of stimulus are... Where a single organism can reproduce by itself and produces identical daughter cells.