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Characteristics of Life

Characteristics of Life. Cells Organization Energy Use Response to the environment Growth Reproduction Adaptation. Cells. All living things are composed of cells. Organization. Take substances from the environment and organize them in complex ways. In multicellular organisms:

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Characteristics of Life

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  1. Characteristics of Life Cells Organization Energy Use Response to the environment Growth Reproduction Adaptation

  2. Cells • All living things are composed of cells.

  3. Organization • Take substances from the environment and organize them in complex ways. • In multicellular organisms: • Cells are organized into tissues. • Tissues are organized into organs. • Organs are organized into systems. CTOS • Systems are organized into an organism.

  4. Energy Use • Use energy for growth and maintenance. • ENERGY is the ability to do WORK or cause change. • Work is the ability to CHANGE or MOVE Matter against other Forces.   w = F X d • Work for a cell includes growth and repair, active transport, and reproduction.  All which require ENERGY. • The source of energy for ALL organisms is FOOD.

  5. Response to theEnvironment • A response is a reaction to a stimulus. • Behavior is a complex set of responses PHOTOTROPISM GRAVITROPISM HYDROTROPISM

  6. Growth • Growth occurs through cell division and cell enlargement. • Cell division is the orderly formation of new cells from a parent cell. • Cell enlargement is the increase in cell size.

  7. Reproduction • Needed to continue the life of the species. ASEXUAL SEXUAL

  8. Which is the edible one? Adaptation • Traits that give an organism an advantage in an environment. • Variations of adaptations are essential for the continuity of life, because they confer an advantage on some members of a species in a changing environment. viceroy butterfly (left photo) mimicking the unpalatable monarch butterfly

  9. QUESTIONS • What are the characteristics of life? • Give examples of how plants respond to a stimulus? • How does an organism grow? • In what ways does an organism reproduce? • Identify examples of adaptations that have given organisms a better chance of survival. • In what way is a multi-cellular organism organized?

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