Matching Pairs Characteristics of Life MatchOnline version assignment by Benjamin D Morgan 1 Dependent Variable 2 examples of stimulus 3 stimulus 4 Energy 5 How single cell organisms grow? 6 asexual reproduction 7 sexual reproduction 8 Controlled variable 9 Independent Variable 10 Not a controlled variable 11 How do multicelled organisms grow? 12 cells 13 Biology 14 Characteristics of Life 15 organism 16 response heat, sunlight, weather, nutrient (food) availability Grows and develops, Uses energy Reproduces Responds to Stimuli Made of one or more cells What is kept the same in an experiment The one item we make different in an experiment where a single organism can reproduce by itself The study of living things Increase the number and size of their cells. Requires two parents and will receive half of each parents DNA. Things that do not effect the outcome of the experiment Cell size grows The ability to cause change or do work the reaction from a stimulus Something that causes a living thing to react or respond. an individual form of life What we measure in an experiment building blocks of life. All life processes take place in this.