Characteristics of Living Life

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Characteristics of Living Life
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• All living things are made of cells
• Either Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic
• Plant and Animal Bacteria

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Cellular Organization

• Unicellular- organisms made of one cell
• Multicellular-
• organisms made of many cells
• All cells have parts that are made of the same
  molecules and chemicals.

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Responds to Surroundings

• Sensitivity- respond to stimuli
• ex plants grow towards the sun or an animal runs
  from a predator

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Growth Development

• Growth- change over lifetime

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Maintain Themselves

• Homeostasis- stable internal environment
• ex control over the amount of fluids, salts,
  hormones, body temperature

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Reproduction

• Reproduction- sexual or asexual

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All Living Things Need Energy!

• Eating things (Heterotrophs) or Photosynthesis
  (Autotrophs)

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Adapting

• Adaptation- becoming specially suited to a
  particular environment over time

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Needs of Living Things

• Water
• Food
• Living Space
• Stable Internal Conditions (Homeostasis)