1. Six Requirements of Life
An ORGANISM is any form of life that has all 6 Characteristics of Life.

2. 1 Made of Cells EX: Uni-cellular or Multi-cellular
Plant Cells or Animal Cells

3. 2 Obtain & Use Energy / Metabolism
METABOLISM is the sum of physical & chemical processes in an organism.
EX: Ingest (Consumer or Producer?)
Digest (Break down food molecules)
Respiration/Photosynthesis
Excretion (Get rid of waste)
Make Energy (Mitochondria)

4. 2 Obtain & Use Energy / Metabolism
EXAMPLES 

5. 3 Grow & Develop
EX: Physical Growth or Life Cycles

6. 4 Reproduce
EX: Sexual or Asexual (lay eggs, seeds, live birth, pollination)
Pass on Genetic Information

7. 5 Respond to the Environment
EX: Internally or Externally
Animals sweat or shiver Plants wilt or freeze

8. 6 Adapt to their Environment
EX: Camouflage protects prey from predators, Wax coats protects against water loss.

9. Anything that can carry out ALL 6 characteristics of life.
Living Things
Anything that can carry out ALL 6 characteristics of life.
1. Made of Cells
2. Obtain & Use Energy
3. Grows & Develops
4. Reproduce (passes genetic information)
5. Responds to the environment
6. Adapts to the environment

10. Once Living (DEAD)
Something that at one point was part of a living thing.
Has dead cells
Examples: stick, cotton, leaf, shell

11. NON-Living (Never been alive)
NEVER part of a living thing, thus cannot pass genetic information.
Examples: water, air, rock, dirt