Is it alive?

Is this alive? Object 1: Plant

Is this alive? Object 2: Dried sea stars

Is this alive? Object 3: Fish

Is this alive? Object 4: Car

Biology bio- life ology- study of Biology- study of living things

5 characteristics of life 1.Living things are organized. They have cells Cells are the smallest unit of an organism that can carry on life processes u/imaging_station/students/ blood_cells.html u/imaging_station/students/ cell_struct_funct.html

5 characteristics of life 2. Living things respond to stimuli Nematodes moving around: Amoeba moving around: phototropism in plants Pinecone closing Protozoa moving

3. Living things use energy eat food, exchange gases, or absorb sunlight amoeba eating a paramecium

How does this show energy use?

4. Living things grow and develop. -babies and kids are undeveloped humans Zebra fish development video: Sea urchin cell division Stem cell growth and division

5. Living things reproduce Reproduction can be sexual (offspring are a genetic mix of mom and dad) or asexual (offspring are an exact genetic copy of parent) sea urchin egg fertilization:

Is it alive? A fossil? A seed? A virus?

Living or not? Why?

Review: What are the five characteristics of life? 1.All living things are made of cells or are organized 2.All living things respond to stimuli 3.All living things take in and use energy 4.All living things grow and develop 5.All living things reproduce

How many different species of living things are on Earth? The National Science Foundation’s “Tree of Life” project estimates that there could be anywhere from 5 million to 100 million species on the planet, but science has only identified about 2 million.

How do we organize living things? Living things are organized based on number of cells, type of cells, how they get food, and how they reproduce.

All living things are classified into five different kingdoms Why we classify living things 4UeZE 4UeZE The five kingdoms intro NY9vAohttps:// NY9vAo

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