1. Grade 6 & 8 Memorial School
LIVING VS. NONLIVING
Grade 6 & 8
Memorial School

2. All around us We are surrounded by living and nonliving things.
The study of life is biology

3. It’s Alive!
Biotic is anything that is alive or has once been alive while on Earth
To be alive an organism has to fit 7 distinct characteristics.

4. Characteristics of Life
Example
Feeding- take substances from the environment to grow and stay healthy
Movement- internal or external
Respiration- exchange of gases in the environment to breathe and sustain life
Excretion- or removal of waste from the body
Growth- feeding provides the body with the nutrients to become more complex over time
Sensitivity- reaction to the changes around us
Reproduction- producing offspring

5. It is Alive? Or is it ?
What happens when an organism hibernates or becomes inactive or dormant?

6. Nonliving Abiotic - are nonliving parts of the environment.
How do you think abiotic things play a part in the ecosystem?

7. Interactions of Abiotic Factors
Predict what would happen to Woodland Park if there was not water ,sunlight, or oxygen

8. Biotic or Abiotic

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