1. I. The 8 Characteristics of Living Things
Is Fire Alive?

2. A. Is Fire Alive?
Yes
Why? No

3. B. The Eight Characteristics of All Living Things
Reproduction
a. Sexual
- Sperm and egg
- Exchange of DNA
b. Asexual
- Budding
- Binary Fission

4. Growth and Development Obtain and use materials and energy
a. Metabolism
- The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism
builds up or breaks down materials as it conducts its life processes.
- Energy from food through
chemistry

5. Maintain a stable interior environment.
a. The process by which
organisms keep their
internal conditions
relatively stable =
Homeostasis

6. Respond to the environment
Made up of units called cells(not fire)
a. unicellular- one-celled
animals
b. multicellular- many-celled

7. Taken as a population they will change over time.(not fire)
a. evolution- survival of the
fittest
Based on a genetic code (not fire)
a. DNA / RNA
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Ribonucleic Acid