1. Content Standard 1 Characteristics of Living Things

2. Eligible Content
Describe how organisms grow & develop, as can be reflected by changes in size and maturity
Describe how organisms reproduce using sexual or asexual methods
Describe how organisms are composed of at least one cell
Describe how organisms use energy to undergo life processes
Describe how organisms exchange gases such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen.
Describe how organisms respond to environmental stimuli
Note: Plants have tropism responses.
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3. Characteristics of Living things
Cell
basic structure for all life
Provides structure
Multicellular Organization
Cell Tissue Organ System Organism
Use Energy
Some carry out Photosynthesis
Some must consume others
Ability to Respond
Reaction to stimuli
Grow & Develop
Mitosis (cellular growth & repair)
Ability to Reproduce
Asexual – one parent
Sexual – two parents (exchange of genetic material – egg & sperm)
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4. Remember:
Not all organisms have blood
Not all have lungs
Not all have a vascular system
Not all have a digestive system
Not all have a nervous system
Not all have a specialized reproductive system
Not all organisms have systems
Some are unicellular not Multicellular
But ALL have at least one cell and the ability to reproduce, respond, use energy, grow & develop
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5. ALL living things require energy in order to survive
Energy is gotten from one of two ways
Consumer / Heterotroph
Organism eats another organism
Producer / Autotroph
Plants use sunlight to make food
Photosynthesis
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6. One source of energy for animals is carbohydrates
All organisms that reproduce must pass on inherited traits to their offspring
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