Characteristics of Living Things Who is Mr. Green?

Think/Pair/Share Activity Question: How do you know you are alive?

Another activity!!! Characteristics of Life Vid On chart paper, create a list of characteristics that you think are common to all living things. In other words, how do you know something is alive? Characteristics of Life Vid

The 7 Characteristics of Living Things Movement: The ability of an organism to bend and sway, or relocate.

The 7 Characteristics of Living Things Reproduction: The ability of an organism to breed and pass on its traits.

The 7 Characteristics of Living Things Growth: The ability of an organism to increase in size through cell growth or cell division.

The 7 Characteristics of Living Things Response: The ability of an organism to react to a stimulus.

The 7 Characteristics of Living Things Excretion: The ability of an organism to get rid of waste.

The 7 Characteristics of Living Things Exchange of gases: In animals, the ability to take oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide; in plants, the ability to take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

The 7 Characteristics of Living Things Nutrition: The ability of an organism to acquire and process foods/nutrients.

Mr. Green!!!! Do you get it? M – Movement R – Reproduction G – Growth R – Response E – Excretion E – Exchange of gases N - Nutrition