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1 Diversity of Life Investigation 1
What is Life?

2 Evidence Evidence is information that supports or proves a point. Evidence of life would be observations that support or prove that something is alive.

3 8 Characteristics of Life
Moves Responds Develops Energy (uses) Grows Consumes Reproduces Life Span

4 Organism Organism- Any living thing- plant, animal, or other
An organism is the most general word used to refer to an independently living thing.

5 Living Living-Things are living if they show all the characteristics of life. Living things are organisms.

6 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.

7 Dead Things are dead if they were alive at one time but no longer can do the characteristics of life.

8 Nonliving Nonliving materials have never been alive. Fire, rocks, water, wind, pencils, toys, and computers are all nonliving.


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