I. The 8 Characteristics of Living Things Is Fire Alive?

A. Is Fire Alive? Yes Why? No

B. The Eight Characteristics of All Living Things Reproduction a. Sexual - Sperm and egg - Exchange of DNA b. Asexual - Budding - Binary Fission

Growth and Development Obtain and use materials and energy a. Metabolism - The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it conducts its life processes. - Energy from food through chemistry

Maintain a stable interior environment. a. The process by which organisms keep their internal conditions relatively stable = Homeostasis

Respond to the environment Made up of units called cells(not fire) a. unicellular- one-celled animals b. multicellular- many-celled

Taken as a population they will change over time.(not fire) a. evolution- survival of the fittest Based on a genetic code (not fire) a. DNA / RNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid Ribonucleic Acid