Welcome to Class Scientist!!! Entering Class Expectations 1.) Enter Silently 2.) Take out your homework - 3.) Write your homework in agenda and leave it out for Ms. Madison to sign. 4.) DO NOW Activity – ●Assign yourself when you are done. FIRST FIVE IS SILENT!!!!

What are the Characteristics of Living Things?

Does a burning candle show signs of life? The flame moves and the candle gets smaller as it burns. It cannot reproduce and doesn’t grow or develop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGdbA0LyIpE

List the characteristics of the following: Puppy House Water All four can respond to their environment (if the house has a thermostat). Water can freeze or vaporize. All are organized, including the molecules of water. But only the flower and the puppy can grow, develop, and reproduce. Flower

Which are living? Puppy House Water Flower

All living things have common characteristics: Movement Cells Reproduction Respiration Respond to stimuli Homeostasis Nutrition Growth and Development Note: Depending on the source used, there are additional characteristics of living things. The characteristics used in the ppt are the ones listed in the textbook. You could expand some of the characteristics by possibly providing details about living things ability to respond to the environment.

Movement All living organisms have internal movement, which means that they have the ability of moving substances from one part of their body to another. Some living organisms show external movement as well - they can move from place to place by walking, flying or swimming.

A cell is the smallest unit of life. Cells A cell is the smallest unit of life.

Ability to Reproduce

All living organisms must be capable of releasing energy. Respiration All living organisms must be capable of releasing energy. 

Respond to a stimuli Anything that causes a living organism to react is called a stimulus (plural is stimuli) 

Homeostasis Homeostasis the ability of the body to maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in external conditions.

The ability of an organism to acquire and process food/nutrients. Nutrition The ability of an organism to acquire and process food/nutrients.

Ability to grow and develop

Living Or Nonliving Independent Practice Cute But Confusing