1. Biology is the study of……

2. Living Things

3. Plants

4. Animals

5. Vertebrates – animals with a backbone

6. Invertebrates – Animals with no backbone

7. Key
A key is a set of questions (or pictures) used to identify living things.

9. Response
Nutrition
Food + Oxygen Energy
Growth
Respiration
Excretion
Reproduction
Movement

10. Seven Characteristics of Living Things:
Characteristic Description
Nutrition The way living things get and use their food
Respiration The release of energy from food in our cells
Excretion Getting rid of the wastes that are made in the cells
Growth The way living things get bigger due to cell division
Reproduction The way living things can produce new individuals of the same kind
Movement The way living things move
Response The ability to react to changes in the environment

11. Mrs. Gren M = Movement R = Respiration S = Sensitivity (Response)
G = Growth
E = Excretion
N = Nutrition

12. Cells

13. A group of similar cells makes up a _________??

14. TISSUE Examples: nervous tissue, bone tissue, muscle tissue Tissue
Cell

15. A number of tissues make up an ______??
Cell

16. ORGAN
Examples: Heart, liver, stomach, kidney
Organ
Tissue
Cell

17. A number of organs working together makes up a _________??
Tissue
Cell

18. SYSTEM Examples: Circulatory, Digestive, Nervous System Organ Tissue
Cell

19. How do Organisms Grow?

20. Organisms grow by cell division (one cell growing bigger and splitting in two.)