Grade 6 & 8 Memorial School LIVING VS. NONLIVING Grade 6 & 8 Memorial School

All around us We are surrounded by living and nonliving things. The study of life is biology

It’s Alive! Biotic is anything that is alive or has once been alive while on Earth To be alive an organism has to fit 7 distinct characteristics.

Characteristics of Life Example Feeding- take substances from the environment to grow and stay healthy Movement- internal or external Respiration- exchange of gases in the environment to breathe and sustain life Excretion- or removal of waste from the body Growth- feeding provides the body with the nutrients to become more complex over time Sensitivity- reaction to the changes around us Reproduction- producing offspring

It is Alive? Or is it ? What happens when an organism hibernates or becomes inactive or dormant?

Nonliving Abiotic - are nonliving parts of the environment. How do you think abiotic things play a part in the ecosystem?

Interactions of Abiotic Factors Predict what would happen to Woodland Park if there was not water ,sunlight, or oxygen

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