1. ... The study of living things.
Welcome to Biology ...
... The study of living things.

2. What do all these living things have as features that ...

3. That non-living things do not have???

4. Features of Living Things
Reproduce
Grow
Develop- change features or shape
Need food-(Some are producers- make their food, some are consumers- eat other living things

5. All living things also:
Need Water
Exchange gases (oxygen- O2 and carbon dioxide- CO2)
Use energy- they release the energy from the food by a process called respiration: burning up food with oxygen
Are made of cells
Respond to their environment

6. All living things also are made of certain elements- basic chemicals
Oxygen or O2
Carbon or C
Hydrogen or H2
plus small amounts of nitrogen (N2), and other elements

7. What do they mean?
Living?
NonLiving?
Dormant?
Organism?
Dead?

8. Terms Organism- a living thing
Dormant- alive but in a state of rest (ie trees in winter, seeds, bears hibernating)
Organism- a living thing