From Systems to Organisms Ms. Deanne

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING ORGANISMS 1. Living organisms need energy 2. Living organisms respond and adapt to their environment 3. Living organisms reproduce 4. Living organisms grow 5. Living organisms produce wastes

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING ORGANISMS

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING ORGANISMS

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING ORGANISMS

Check-In Describe which characteristic is represented in each example 1. A cat purrs when petted. 2. A robin eats a worm. 3. A plant gives off oxygen. 4. A runner sweats after a race.

ADAPTATIONS Adaptation: a characteristic that allows an organism to live in its environment successfully. Structural Adaptations: body parts that allow an organism to perform a function (specific task) and survive in its environment Behavioral Adaptations: action that allows an organism to survive in its environment

EXAMPLES OF ADAPTATIONS

EXAMPLE OF ADAPTATIONS http://www.edumedia- sciences.com/en/media/562-birds-beaks http://www.edumedia- sciences.com/en/media/499-environmental- adaptation-and-homology-in-the-skeleton