1. Characteristics of Living Things
Chapter 1 Section 2

2. Organism: any living thing
THINK ABOUT IT…. What characteristics do ALL organisms have in common…including bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals?

3. Characteristics of ALL LIVING THINGS
Made of _________
_____________
Based on a _____________________
_______ and ____________
______ & ___ ________ & _______
________ to their ____________
______________________________
As a group, __________________

4. ALL LIVING THINGS ARE: Made of cells
The _____ is the
______________.

5. ALL LIVING THINGS ARE: Made of cells
____________organisms are _____________
(Ex: _________)
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6. ALL LIVING THINGS ARE: Made of cells
_________________ organisms _______ as _________ but as adults are
_________________________
Ex: (___________
__________ )
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7. ALL LIVING THINGS Reproduce
________________________
_____________the
___________________
from _____________
________________
Seen in animals and plants
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8. ALL LIVING THINGS Reproduce
_________________________
makes a new organism
using the
________________
from
_________________
Seen in bacteria, plants, and some animals
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9. All living things share a universal genetic code
Hereditary material = DNA
______________________
_________________ with instructions for one _______
is called a ________.
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10. ALL LIVING THINGS Grow & develop
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_____________ organisms, like a bacterium, grow by ________________.

11. ALL LIVING THINGS Grow & develop
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Multicellular organisms grow bigger by __________________
AND _____________________.

12. MULTICELLULAR ORGANISM don’t just contain MANY CELLS… but many _______________ of cells with _____________________
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13. The _________________ EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS into different looking ADULT cells doing different jobs =
__________________________
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14. _________________________
what makes them ___________ is
_______________ are _______________________
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15. It’s like having a whole library full of books, but reading only the books that are important to you.

16. ALL LIVING THINGS Take in Materials & Use Energy
To________________,organisms _______ a constant supply of
____________________ &
____________
This sheep uses the
MOLECULES and ENERGY
in the food it eats to
make “more sheep”

17. ALL LIVING THINGS Take in Materials & Use Energy
___________ use energy from sunlight or chemicals to ________________
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Ex: _____________ use ____________to turn
_________ into _________

18. ALL LIVING THINGS Take in Materials & Use Energy
______________
get their energy by
___________________
Ex: ________ (including you) and _________________
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19. Vocab word
the combination of all the ________________ through which an organism ________ or ___________ materials as it carries out its life processes
= ___________________

20. ALL LIVING THINGS Respond to their environment
A signal to which an organism responds
= ___________________
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21. ALL LIVING THINGS Respond to their environment
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A stimulus can be
_________________
Ex: When there is enough water
and ground is warm enough,
seed germinates. Roots respond to
gravity & grow downward. Leaves respond to sunlight & grow up.

22. ALL LIVING THINGS Respond to their environment
A stimulus can be
____________
Ex: When the glucose level in your bloodstream becomes low, your body responds by making you feel hungry.

23. VOCAB WORD
A cell works to keep conditions inside the cell constant = ______________________
IF temperature, water content, nutrients, acidity change too much
. . . the cell will die.

24. ALL LIVING THINGS as a group, change over time
= ______________
Allows _______ of ________ in a ___________