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