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Diversity of Life Investigation 1
What is Life?
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Evidence Evidence is information that supports or proves a point. Evidence of life would be observations that support or prove that something is alive.
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8 Characteristics of Life
Moves Responds Develops Energy (uses) Grows Consumes Reproduces Life Span
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Organism Organism- Any living thing- plant, animal, or other
An organism is the most general word used to refer to an independently living thing.
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Living Living-Things are living if they show all the characteristics of life. Living things are organisms.
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Dormant Things are dormant when they do not show characteristics of life until they are placed in the right environment. Dormant organisms are alive, but inactive.
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Dead Things are dead if they were alive at one time but no longer can do the characteristics of life.
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Nonliving Nonliving materials have never been alive. Fire, rocks, water, wind, pencils, toys, and computers are all nonliving.
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