1. Content Standard 1 Characteristics of Living Things

2. Eligible Content Describe how organisms grow & develop, as can be reflected by changes in size and maturity Describe how organisms reproduce using sexual or asexual methods Describe how organisms are composed of at least one cell Describe how organisms use energy to undergo life processes Describe how organisms exchange gases such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen. Describe how organisms respond to environmental stimuli Note: Plants have tropism responses. Copyright 2008 PresentationFx.com | Redistribution Prohibited | Image © 2008 clix@sxc.hu | This text section may be deleted for presentation.PresentationFx.com

3. Characteristics of Living things Copyright 2008 PresentationFx.com | Redistribution Prohibited | Image © 2008 clix@sxc.hu | This text section may be deleted for presentation.PresentationFx.com 1.Cell –basic structure for all life –Provides structure –Multicellular Organization –Cell Tissue Organ System Organism 2.Use Energy –Some carry out Photosynthesis –Some must consume others 3.Ability to Respond –Reaction to stimuli 4.Grow & Develop –Mitosis (cellular growth & repair) 5.Ability to Reproduce –Asexual – one parent –Sexual – two parents (exchange of genetic material – egg & sperm)

4. Copyright 2008 PresentationFx.com | Redistribution Prohibited | Image © 2008 clix@sxc.hu | This text section may be deleted for presentation.PresentationFx.com Remember: Not all organisms have blood Not all have lungs Not all have a vascular system Not all have a digestive system Not all have a nervous system Not all have a specialized reproductive system Not all organisms have systems Some are unicellular not Multicellular But ALL have at least one cell and the ability to reproduce, respond, use energy, grow & develop

5. ALL living things require energy in order to survive Copyright 2008 PresentationFx.com | Redistribution Prohibited | Image © 2008 clix@sxc.hu | This text section may be deleted for presentation.PresentationFx.com Energy is gotten from one of two ways 1.Consumer / Heterotroph –Organism eats another organism 2.Producer / Autotroph –Plants use sunlight to make food –Photosynthesis

6. Copyright 2008 PresentationFx.com | Redistribution Prohibited | Image © 2008 clix@sxc.hu | This text section may be deleted for presentation.PresentationFx.com One source of energy for animals is carbohydrates All organisms that reproduce must pass on inherited traits to their offspring

7. SEE HAND-OUT Copyright 2008 PresentationFx.com | Redistribution Prohibited | Image © 2008 clix@sxc.hu | This text section may be deleted for presentation.PresentationFx.com Objective 1 Pages 12 - 16