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