CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE:#5

All living things share some basic properties!

• CELLULAR ORGANIZATION
• REPRODUCTION
• METABOLISM
• HOMEOSTASIS
• HEREDITY
• RESPONSIVENESS
• GROWTH AND DEVELOPMEN

EVERY SINGLE LIVING THING IS MADE UP OF CELLS
SMALLEST UNIT CAPABLE OF ALL LIVING FUCTION-

•  UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS IS MADE UP OF A SINGLE CELL.
• MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS-MADE UP OF MANY CELLS

• HAVE SPECIALIZED FUNCTION WITHIN THE ORGANISM

REPRODUCTION; IS NECESSARY FOR LIFE BECAUSE IS THE PROCESS OF REPRODUCING ORGANISMS OF THE SAME TYPE.

ALL LIVING THINGS OBTAIN AND USE ENERGY.

• LIVING ORGANISMS NEED ENRGY TO GROW, DEVELOP, REPAIR DAMAGE AND REPRODUCE.

ANABOLISM
THE PROCESS OF BUILDING UP COMPLEX SUBSTANCES FOR SIMPLER SUBSTANCES.

• BUILDING UP CELLS AND CELLULAR COMPONENTS
• PHOTOSYNTESIS

CATABOLISM
THE PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN COMPLEX SUNBSTANCES INTO SILPER ONES TO RELEASE ENERGY.

• DIGESTION
• CELLULAR RESPIRATION

METABOLISM
THE TOTAL OF ALL CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN A ORGANISM.

• ANBOLISM + CATABOLISM =METABOLISM

ALL ORGANISM MAINTAIN  HOMEOSTESIS
A STABLE STATE OF CONDITIONS IN THE BODY THAT IS NECESSARY FOR LIFE

• BODY TEMPERATURE
• BLOOD VOLUME
• pH BALANCE &
• WATER BALANCE

HEREDITARY TRAITS:

1. GENES CARRY HEREDUTARY  IMFORMATION
2. GENES ARE COMPOSED OF DNA
3. MUTATIONS CHANGE DNA CODE  AND CAN BE PASS FORM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

ORGANISM REACT TO STIMULI

• LIGHT
• TEMPERATURE
• ODOR
• SOUND
• GRAVITY
• HEAT
• WATER
• PRESSURE

ADAPTATION
A process that enables organismsto became bettersuited to their environment.
Species obtain adaptations throught evolution over great periods of time.