1. BELL RINGER: Name 5 living things Name 5 non living things
How can you tell a living thing from a nonliving thing?

2. Do these have anything in common? Such as…?

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF ALL LIVING THINGS
Made of cells (can be unicellular or multicellular)
Contain DNA (control cell activities)
Grow…increase # of cells; get bigger
Develop…changes an individ goes thru during life
Respond to stimuli (R: way we react; S: causes rxn)
Need energy (to do work; carry out life processes)
Reproduce themselves (to continue the species)
Have a life span (eventually die)
Adapt to their environment (change to survive)
Evolve (change in a species)
Maintain homeostasis (state of balance)

5. OTHER IMP’T VOCAB ORGANISM…a complete living thing
UNICELLULAR…made of one cell
MULTICELLUAR…made of many cells
SPECIES…group of organisms that look similar and can reproduce to produce fertile offspring
METABOLISM…all activities that an organism carries out to keep it alive

6. ANIMALS

7. PLANTS

8. FUNGI

9. PROTISTS

10. BACTERIA