Living vs NonLiving Things Characteristics of Living Things

Characteristics of Living Things At your table grouping, use your whiteboard to record your

Living things… 1. Are organized and made of cells Example: Organism organ systems organs

• 2. Reproduce • Asexual reproduction: one parent, offspring are identical • Sexual

• 3. Grow and develop • Grow…get larger • Develop…structural change (puberty, life

• 4. Respond to their surroundings • Response to stimulus • Homeostasis: An

5. Require energy • Autotroph: makes it’s own energy, like plants doing photosynthesis •

6. Adapt and evolve • Adapt: Anything that enables an organism to survive •

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Living vs Non-Living Things

Characteristics of Living Things At your table grouping, use your whiteboard to record your thoughts on the following questions: 1. What are characteristics or features of living things? 2. What are some examples of living things? 3. What are some examples of non-living things?

Living things… 1. Are organized and made of cells Example: Organism organ systems organs tissue cell organelles

• 2. Reproduce • Asexual reproduction: one parent, offspring are identical • Sexual reproduction: two parents, offspring are different (genetically)

• 3. Grow and develop • Grow…get larger • Develop…structural change (puberty, life cycles of insects/frogs)

• 4. Respond to their surroundings • Response to stimulus • Homeostasis: An organism maintains and keeps the same conditions in order to survive • Example: A person sweats (response) when they’re hot (stimulus) to maintain the constant body temperature needed to stay alive

5. Require energy • Autotroph: makes it’s own energy, like plants doing photosynthesis • Heterotroph: has to consume or eat things to get energy

6. Adapt and evolve • Adapt: Anything that enables an organism to survive • Evolve: Changes in characteristics of an entire species over a long, long time