Diversity of Life Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• organism : any free-living thing
• dead : something that once was alive is no longer alive
• living : meets all 8 characteristics of a living thing
• nonliving: something that was never living
• homeostasis : an organism's ability to keep its inner conditions stable, or to regulate them
• excretion : an organism's process of eliminating waste
• gas exchange : the movement of gases, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide, in and out
• diversity of life : different forms of living things
• stimuli : a signal in the environment that an organism can respond to
• evolve : changes that occur over multiple generations that allow a species to better survive
• develop : to grow new structures that aid in survival
• function : a job or process that all organisms perform
• energy : required to make things happen
• environment : somewhere for an organism to live
• dormant : when an organism does not show any signs of life until it is in a suitable environment
• growth : an increase in size
• reproduction : necessary for a species to keep on going