What is Life? Objectives: 1. List the characteristics of living things 2. Explain where living things come from 3. Identify what all living things need to survive

Living Things - What Is Life?

Characteristics of living things (organisms) Made up of cells: All organism are made up of small building blocks called cells.

Living Things - What Is Life?

Characteristics of living things (organisms) Made up of cells: All organism are made up of small building blocks called cells. Obtain and use energy: Cells use energy to do what the organism needs to do.

Living Things - What Is Life?

Characteristics of living things (organisms) Made up of cells: All organism are made up of small building blocks called cells. Obtain and use energy: Cells use energy to do what the organism needs to do. Grow and develop: Growth is the process of becoming larger. Development is a process of change during organism’s life to produce a more complex organism.

Living Things - What Is Life?

Characteristics of living things (organisms) Made up of cells: All organism are made up of small building blocks called cells. Obtain and use energy: Cells use energy to do what the organism needs to do. Grow and develop: Growth is the process of becoming larger. Development is a process of change during organism’s life to produce a more complex organism. Respond to surrounding: A change in the environment (stimulus) causes an organism to respond.

Living Things - What Is Life?

Characteristics of living things (organisms) Made up of cells: All organism are made up of small building blocks called cells. Obtain and use energy: Cells use energy to do what the organism needs to do. Grow and develop: Growth is the process of becoming larger. Development is a process of change during organism’s life to produce a more complex organism. Respond to surrounding: A change in the environment (stimulus) causes an organism to respond. Reproduction: ability to produce offspring that are similar to parents.

Living Things - What Is Life?

Characteristics of living things (organisms) Made up of cells: All organism are made up of small building blocks called cells. Obtain and use energy: Cells use energy to do what the organism needs to do. Grow and develop: Growth is the process of becoming larger. Development is a process of change during organism’s life to produce a more complex organism. Respond to surrounding: A change in the environment (stimulus) causes an organism to respond. Reproduction: ability to produce offspring that are similar to parents. Maintain homeostasis: Keep internal conditions stable-

Living Things - What Is Life?

Characteristics of living things (organisms) Made up of cells: All organism are made up of small building blocks called cells. Obtain and use energy: Cells use energy to do what the organism needs to do. Grow and develop: Growth is the process of becoming larger. Development is a process of change during organism’s life to produce a more complex organism. Respond to surrounding: A change in the environment (stimulus) causes an organism to respond. Reproduction: ability to produce offspring that are similar to parents. Maintain homeostasis: Keep internal conditions stable- Evolve: Change over time.

Life comes from Life

Spontaneous Generation: The idea that life could appear from non-living material

Living Things - What Is Life?

Life comes from Life Spontaneous Generation: The idea that life could appear from non-living material Francisco Redi’s Experiment

Living Things - What Is Life?

Life comes from Life Spontaneous Generation: The idea that life could appear from non-living material Francisco Redi’s Experiment Louis Pasture's Experiment

Living Things - What Is Life?

Need’s of living things Water Food (source of energy) Autotrophs: Make their own food heterotrophs: Rely on other organisms to make their food Living space