Unit 1 – Life Sciences: Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems What characteristics do you think determine if something is alive? Science 8 – Mr Palmer

Living Things Today we will learn what living things are. You will learn the characteristics of living things. These 6 characteristics are true of all living things. You will use this to categorize pictures as either living or non-living.

This cow is alive http://blog.pennlive.com/bizarrebazaar/2007/10/large_Cow.jpg

This rock is not alive http://www.125west.com/images/Valley_Boulder_LB2.jpg

This tree is alive http://www.itsnature.org/Plant_Life/images/article-pics/OakTree.jpg

This car is not alive http://www.metaefficient.com/images/Elettrica_electric_Car_lithium_ion.jpg

This mushroom is alive http://amanita-muscaria.org/mushrooms/images/amanita_mushroom1.jpg

This computer is not alive http://www.otxwest.org/images/computer.jpg

This bacteria is alive http://science.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Science/Images/Content/plague-bacteria-sc3519-sw.jpg

This diamond is not alive http://www.gsi.ie/NR/rdonlyres/E8A60297-64F2-4FEF-AF25-C12266F2F2BC/0/diamond.jpg

This sea star is alive http://www.edc.uri.edu/restoration/html/gallery/images/inverts/aforbesi.jpg

This sun is not alive http://z.about.com/d/space/1/5/Y/Q/sun_tour.jpg

Living things have cells Tree: http://www.danielcrowley.com/slides/Tree%20Trunk.jpg Cells: http://www.britishmuseum.org/images/handkerchief_cells_216x216.jpg

Non-living things do not have cells Rock: http://www.global-b2b-network.com/direct/dbimage/50343312/Granite.jpg Crystals: http://www.global-b2b-network.com/direct/dbimage/50204663/Granite.jpg

Living things reproduce http://machartshorn.com/gallery/parent/parent01.jpg

Non-living things do not reproduce http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Rain_ot_ocean_beach.jpg

Living things sense and respond to changes Running deer: http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/3/38/Deer_running_thumbnail.jpg Standing deer: http://www.floridaconservation.org/critters/images/deer.jpg Bang: http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/downloads/graphics/Bang.jpg

Non-living things do not sense and respond to change Couch: http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/original/macys_couch_450.jpg Bang: http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/downloads/graphics/Bang.jpg

Living things grow and develop Puppy: http://www.diypuppytraining.com/puppy.jpg Dog: http://www.wisebuy.co.uk/images/content/dogs%20copy%20copy.JPG

Non-living things do not grow and do not develop Lamp: http://freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/clasic-lamp.jpg

Living things use energy http://www.topicsites.com/health-fitness/woman-eating-apple.jpg

Non-living things do no use energy http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1136/1150786357_c9d51daa94.jpg?v=0

Living things move http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/venus-flytrap3.jpg

Non-living things do not move http://www.geekologie.com/2007/07/30/possessed-books.jpg

And now a quiz! Look at each picture. Think about what is true of all living things. Remember, to be a living thing, something must have all 6 characteristics: move sense and respond to change use energy grow and develop reproduce have one or more cells Answer each of the following as “living” or “non-living.”

Is this flower a living thing? http://www.digitalphotoartistry.com/rose1.jpg

Is this river a living thing? http://www.cc.gatech.edu/cpl/projects/graphcuttextures/data/interaction/LittleRiver.jpg

Is this airplane a living thing? http://letsmoveitright.com/images/RCtoys/AirPlanes/Airplane6_L.jpg

Is this bird a living thing? http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/161/flying-birds_T5301.jpg

Is this cloud a living thing? http://blog.telephonyonline.com/telephony2/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/cloud.jpg

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