characteristics of all living organisms, and requirements for human life

What are the characteristics of life?

Cells, complexity In organization, Growth and development, energy, stable, internal environment, responsiveness, reproduction using DNA

Growth

Increase in size

Responsiveness

The ability of living organisms to adjust to changes in their internal and external environment

Reproduction

The formation of a new organism from parent organisms

An increase in an organism’s body temperature can cause sweating and the dilation of blood vessels in the skin to decrease by temperature. This is an example of which characteristic of life?

What are the human requirements for life?

Oxygen, nutrients, narrow Range of temperature, narrow range of atmospheric pressure

Nutrient

A substance in foods and beverages that is essential to human survival

Pressure

A force exerted by a substance that is in contact with another substance

Development

Changes the body goes through in life, including the process of differentiation, in which un specialized cells become specialized structure, and function to perform certain tasks in the body