1. What Does it Mean to Be Alive?
The Characteristics of Life

2. Life!!! All living things share some basic properties. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.6. 7. 8.

3. All Living Things are Made Up of Cells
All Living Things are Made Up of Cells
Smallest unit capable of all life functions
Unicellular Organisms -

4. Multicellular Organisms
The organism is made up of many cells -

5. All Living Things Reproduce
All Living Things Reproduce
Reproduction is__________________________________________________________
Asexual Reproduction
A single parent organism reproducing by itself

6. Sexual Reproduction
Two different parent organisms contribute genetic information -

7. All Living Things Obtain and Use Energy
All Living Things Obtain and Use Energy
Living organisms need energy to grow, develop, repair damage, and reproduce

8. Anabolism
The process of building up complex substances from simpler substances -

9. Catabolism
The process of breaking down complex substances into simpler substances to release energy
Digestion
Cellular Respiration

10. Metabolism  The total of all chemical reactions in an organism
Anabolism + Catabolism = Metabolism

11. All Organisms Maintain Homeostasis
All Organisms Maintain Homeostasis
A stable state of conditions in the body that are necessary for life 1. 2. 3. 4.

12. All Organisms Pass Along Hereditary Traits
All Organisms Pass Along Hereditary Traits
Genes carry hereditary information
Genes are composed of DNA
Heredity is the reason children resemble their parents
Mutations change DNA code and can be passed from generation to generation

13. All Living Things Respond to Their Environment
All Living Things Respond to Their Environment
An example is a plant’s leaves and stems growing toward light
Organisms react to stimuli: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

14. Growth means to get bigger in size
All Living Things Grow
Growth means to get bigger in size

15. All Living Things Develop
All Living Things Develop
Development involves a change in the physical form or physiological make-up of an organism

16. All Living Things Adapt to Their
All Living Things Adapt to Their
Environment Through Evolution
Adaptation
A process that_______________________________________________
Species obtain adaptations __________________________________________________

17. An Example of Adaptation
Desert plants have succulent waxy leaves and stems to store water and reduce water loss