Living organisms exhibit a range of characteristics that ensure their survival and continuation. They grow and develop, starting from a single fertilized egg that divides and differentiates into various functions.
Fill in one illustrative example for each of the characteristics living things.
The characteristics
of living things
MADE OF CELLS
All Living things are made
up of cells.
Cells are what make up every living thing
Organisms are composed of one
or more cells. Despite their small
size, cells are complex and highly
organized.
EVOLVE
Taken as a population, living
things evolve.
Living things evolve to be able to maintain living
Over generetions, groups of organisms evolve,
or change over time. Evidence of this shared
history is found in all aspects of living and fossil
organisms, from physical features to stuctures
of proteins to sequence of information in DNA.
METABOLISM
Living things obtain minerals,
organic material and use energy.
To grow you you must eat food to gain energy
All organisms must take in material
and energy to grow, develop, and
reproduce.
HOMEOSTASIS
Living things maintain a
stable internal environment.
Without an internal environment it becomes Rey difficult to live
All organisms need to keep their
internal environment relatively
stable.
REPRODUCE
Living things reproduce.
To continue the fate of the world organisms must reproduce to continue with life on Earth
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Poduce new similar organisms. Most plants
and animals engage in sexual reprudoction.
In sexual reproduction, cells from tow parents
unite to form the first cell. Asexual reproduction,
in which a single organisms procuces offspring
identical to itself.
RESPOND TO STIMULI
Living things respond
to their environment.
Without detecting stimuli organisms cannot be safe in environments
Organisms detect and respond to stimuli
from their environment.
GROW & DEVELOP
Living things grow
and develop.
Living things grow and develop to continue to live
During development, a single fertilized
egg divides again. They begin to look
different from one another and to perform
different functions.
DNA CODE
Living things are based on
a universal genetic code.
Without DNA everyone would be exactly the same
All organisms store the complex information
they need to live, grow and reproduce. It's called
DNA, that information is copied and passed from
parent to offspring.