Question

How do you know if something is alive? Describe some of the characteristics of living things.
2. Humans, plants and mushrooms are all alive. What do these organisms have in common?


Answer is one sentence each in a 7th grader response

Answer 1

1. You can tell something is alive if it shows life processes like being made of cells, growing, reproducing, using energy, responding to its environment, and keeping internal conditions stable.

2. Humans, plants, and mushrooms all have cells, use energy, grow and reproduce, and respond to their surroundings.