1. 8/20 In order to be successful today, you need:
To be seated and quiet when the bell rings
Have your phone put away
Have Notes-Characteristics of Life

2. Characteristics of Life

3. 1. All living organisms are made of cells.

4. Two types:
Prokaryotic –no nucleus
Eukaryotic-has a nucleus

5. 2. All living things reproduce.
Asexually- one parent
Sexually-two parents
Two Cells
One Cell

6. 3. All living things grow & develop.
Change in size, shape and structure

7. 4. All living things respond to the environment.
A stimulus causes a response
Ex. Self-defense, survival
Including homeostasis
Maintaining internal conditions
Ex. Temperature, water

8. 5. All living things obtain and use energy which is called metabolism.

10. Are dead things non-living?

11. Living things can be alive or dead.
Non-living things do NOT meet ALL the characteristics of life, and therefore, they are not considered alive or dead.

12. Summary