Characteristics of life

Cell

The smallest unit of life

unicellular

living things that are made of only one cell

multicellular

living things that are made of two or more cells

Homeostasis

an organisms ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change

organism

things that have all the characteristics of life

Metabolism

first step of the characteristics of life

Growth and development

Growth takes in nutrients and cellular division and development is from birth to toddler to a teen to an adult. second step of characteristics of life.

Reproductive and heredity

third step of characteristics of life

reproduction creates new organisms

Sexual reproduction is two parents ( ex. mammals)

Asexual reproduction is one “parent” ( ex. bacteria)

Autotrophs( ways to get energy)

get energy From sun

Heterotrophs

Gets energy from other organisms

Pandiculate

to yawn

Euphoria

Extremley happy

Internal regulation and order(#4)

Homeostasis

Response to stimuli(#5)

stimuli

Evolution and adaptation(#6)

Population of organisms adapt and change over time characteristics pass between generation

Binomal nomenclature

gives each organism a two-word scientific name

species

a group of a organisms that have similar traits

genus

a group of similar species

Dichotomous key

A series of discriptions arranged in pairs that lead to identify the unknown oganisms

cladogram

a branched diagram that shows the relationships between organisms

King

Kingdom

Philip

phylum

came

class

over

order

for

family

great/good

genus

spaghetti/sushi

species

Organism

a single living thing

Endoskeleton

your skeleton is inside your body

exoskeleton

your skeleton is out side your body(bugs)

Bilateral symmetry

two halves

radial symmetry

symmetry all the way around