Notes – Characteristics of Life

The study of living things Biology Characteristics of Life Cells Stimulus examples of stimulus Response How single cell organisms  grow How multicelled organisms grow The study of living things Grows and develops, uses energy, reproduces,  responds to stimuli, & made of one or more cells building blocks of life. All life processes take place in this. Something that causes a living thing to react or respond. heat, sunlight, weather, nutrient (food) availability the reaction from a stimulus Cell size grows Increase the number and size of their cells.

How single cell organisms grow How multicelled organisms grow organism Asexual reproduction sexual reproduction Cell size grows Increase the number and size of their cells. an individual form of life where a single organism can reproduce by itself Requires two parents and will receive half of each parents DNA