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Characteristics of Living Things Genetics & Heredity
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Organisms All living things (fungi, bacteria insects, mammals, etcetera)
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Protoplasm All living things (organisms) The fluid living content of the cell (biology-online.org)
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Energy Living things obtain and use energy.
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Energy - Metabolism Metabolism- all of the chemical reactions an organism needs to survive. Digestion Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration
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Cells The cell is the basic unit of life. All living thing are composed of one or more cells. Unicellular or single-celled Multi-cellular – many cells, more complex
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Growth & Replacement Cell Division – things grow due to cell division, increase in number of cells Healing damaged tissue (cells)
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Life Span Birth Growth Maturation Decline Death
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Reproduce Asexually – binary fission Sexually – reproductive material exchange
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Responds to Stimuli Responds to environmental stimuli (fight/flight) Adaptation – immediate Evolution – over long periods of time
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Classification To be considered a live an organism must exhibit all characteristics of living things.
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Works Cited Chem4Kids.com. Metabolism. 21 Nov 2009. CliffsNotes.com. Characteristics of Living Things. 21 Nov 2009.
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