1. Living vs. Non-living
Biology 11

2. Living Non-Living?

3. Organize the following into your table..
Toenail
Sun
Hair
Nerve Cell
Leaf
Fire
Tree bark
Water
Algae
Bacteria

4. What makes something alive?
Ideas?

5. 7 Characteristics of Living Organisms:
Feeding
Movement
Breathing/ Respiration
Excretion
Growth
Sensitivity
Reproduction

6. Biology song

7. What is Spontaneous Generation?
The idea that organisms originate directly from non living matter
“life from nonlife”
ABIOGENESIS: the theory that states that non-living things can be transformed into living things.
abiogenesis
(a=not, bio= life, genesis= origin)
In the distant past, it was thought that simple organisms could come from dust, mud and food left out.

8. Biogenesis
Biogenesis is the process of life forms producing other life forms

9. (spontaneous generation doesn’t exist!!)
LIVING LIVING
LIVING NON - LIVING
NON-LIVING LIVING
(spontaneous generation doesn’t exist!!)

10. Cell Theory: All living things are composed of one or more cells
The cell is the smallest entity that retains the properties of life
New cells arise from existing cells.