characteristics of life

Organism

Means living things. All organisms have a certain set of shared characteristics.

Characteristics

Cells

Characteristics

Similar chemicals, like water, DNA, carbohydrates, lipids( fats), protein

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Use energy

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Response to stimuli (change in an environment). Example, hear a loud sound turn head plants grow towards the light.

Characteristics

Life grows and develops an example is the growth in the number of cells and how we can reach developmental milestones, like talking and walking

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Reproduction life makes life it’s necessary for species and not for the individual

Two types of reproduction-asexual

One parent

Two types of reproduction-sexual

Two parents

Characteristics

Homeostasis-maintaining internal conditions like body temperature and blood sugar

How do living things use energy?

Living things, use energy for growth reproduction and all life processes through process called. Metabolic energy is either created by making their own food from nonliving sources like sunlight. (photosynthesis.) or by consuming other organisms.

Example of life responding to stimulus

A human pulling their hands away from a hot stove the stimulus is the heat from the stove, and the response is the automatic reaction to protect the body from harm (pulling the hand away)

Reproduction necessary for the species or the individual?

Reproduction isn’t necessary for an individual organism to live, but it’s crucial for the continuation of their species so that it can help avoid extinction

Defining development

The process of an organism growing from a single cell to complex/specialized organism involving growth(increase in size) and maturation(gaining functional complexity)