Characteristics of Life



Characteristics of Life

What is Biology?

1. The study of living things (organisms)

2. The study of interactions of living things

3. _________________-life ____________________-study of

8 Characteristics of Life

Living Things are:

1. Made up of Cells

a) CELL: Collection of living material enclosed within a barrier

b) Cells are basic unit of life

c) _______________________________: made up of one cell

d) _______________________________: made up of many cells

Levels of Organization

*Cells have an orderly structure

*Ex: cells make up tissues,

tissues make up organs, and organs make up systems

2. Reproduce:

a) Produce off spring which resemble parents

b) _____________________ Reproduction: has only one parent

c) _____________________ Reproduction: requires two parents

3. Grow and Develop

a) ________________: increase in size and shape

b) ________________________: mature over time

c) Living things have a lifespan

4. Livings things are based on a universal genetic code

a) _____________- DeoxyriboNucleic Acid

b) _____________- RiboNucleic Acid

c) Determines inherited traits from parents

5. Use/Need Energy

a) Energy comes from food, used to maintain body

b) ____________________: produce their own food

c) ____________________: must consume food

d) ____________________: break down dead material for food

6. Respond to their surroundings

a) They react to a ________________

b) An action causes a _________________

c) Reaction is called a ___________________

d) This involves one individual

7. Maintain a stable internal environment

a) ________________________- process by which organisms

maintain a relatively stable internal environment

EX: sweating, panting, shivering, etc

8. Evolve

a) Adapt to long-range changes in environment

b) Change to better survive in environment

c) these changes take place over a long period of time involving the entire species

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