1. Characteristics of Life

2. All living things must... Respond to their environment.
Grow and get stronger.
Be able to have babies
Keep a stable body temperature
Use energy
Made of cells

3. Response to the environment
All Living things detect changes and respond to them
Animals use their eyes, ears, and nose.
Some animals have senses that we don't have, like the ability to sense tiny vibrations from smaller animals that they eat.

4. Growth and Development
All living things grow and develop!
By eating the correct foods, us humans grow and develop too.
When you plant a seed, it grows and gets stronger when you water it and give it sunlight. This is an example of Growth and development.

5. Making offspring All animals are capable of reproduction
There are two types of reproduction:
Sexual (with a partner)
Asexual (capable of reproducing without the need of a partner)
It is as simple as a single cell dividing to form two cells.

6. Keeping a stable body temperature
All living things are able to maintain their body temperature
No matter if it is snowing, raining, storming, or really hot outside, an organism can keep their body temperature the same.
Keeping a stable body temperature is called Homeostasis
Ex. Shivering

7. Use of Energy All living things obtain energy
Different animals get energy different ways
All living things also have a complex chemistry
Thousands of chemical reactions happen in every cell all the time

8. Made of cells A cell is the most basic structure of living organisms
All lives have at least one cell
Wide array of differences and similarities of living things