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Characteristics of Living Things
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All Living Things…
• Are made up of units called cells
A cell is the smallest unit
of an organism that can be
considered alive
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Types of Cellular Organisms
• Unicellular
– Uni means “one” so unicellular means consisting of only one cell
• Multicellular
– Multi means “many” so multicellular means consisting of many cells.
• The cells become organized in a multicellular organism – (seen later)
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Living Things …
• Reproduce
– to form offspring similar to the parents
Types of Reproduction:
– Sexual reproduction • Two parents
– Asexual reproduction • One parent
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Living Things…
• Are based on a universal genetic code
– Organisms inherit traits from their parents
– DNA contains the genetic code
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Living Things …
• Grow
– an increase in size
• and Develop
– All the changes that occur as a living thing grows.
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Living Things … • Obtain and use materials and energy
• Cellular respiration-
• the process by which “food” molecules are broken down and energy
is released.
• Photosynthesis –
• using light (as energy) and water to produce sugars
• Organisms which contain chlorophyll perform photosynthesis
Both are Aerobic processes – requiring oxygen
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Living Things….. • Obtain and use materials and energy
– Some organisms perform anaerobic respiration
• Obtaining energy without oxygen present
• Some organisms die in the presence of oxygen – Example certain types of bacteria
Pseudomonas
Clostridium
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Living Things…. • Materials (to use as energy) Example food • Consumers
• living things that eat or consume, like animals Also called Heterotrophs (hetero means other) carnivore, omnivore, herbivore, decomposer • Producers –
• living things that make or produce their own food, like plants Also called Autotrophs (auto means self – self feeder)
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All Living Things …
• Respond to their environment • A stimulus is something that causes a response
– Examples: • Light
• Temperature
• Sound
– Example: Birds flying south for the winter
– Trees lose leaves in the fall
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All Living Things… • Maintain a stable internal environment
– Homeostasis
• The regulatory process in which an organism regulates its internal environment
Its like maintaining a state of balance
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Homeostasis - Examples
• Thermoregulation
– Maintaining body temperature
– Ectotherm (cold –blooded animals)
• Regulate temperature by changing behaviors – Moving to sunny areas to warm and cooler areas to cool down
– Endotherm (warm blooded animals)
• Physiological process to regulate temperature – Shivering to warm up
– Sweating to cool down
– And some behaviors
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Homeostasis Examples
• Water Regulation
– The kidneys will remove excess water and ions from the blood in the form of urine
– The body will remove water from cells first, throat and mouth feel dry and you drink more.
• Oxygen Regulation
– If the oxygen content of the blood falls, blood flow is increased by more vigorous heart action and the speed and depth of breathing increases.
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Living Things… • Evolve – change over time
– Adaptation (living things adapt)
• A trait that makes a living thing better able to survive
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Can you put the levels in the correct order?
• Levels of organization activity
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Levels of Organization
• Molecules • Cells • Tissues (next slide)
• Organs • Organ systems • Organism • Population • Community • Ecosystem • Biosphere
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• Molecule
– The smallest particle of a substance that retains the chemical and physical properties of the substance and is composed of two or more atoms held together by chemical forces
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• Cell
– The basic unit of structure and function for all living organisms
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Tissues and organs • Tissue
– An anatomical unit composed of cells organized to perform a similar function
• One kind of cell makes up tissue
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• Organ
– An anatomical unit composed of tissues serving a common function
• Consists of different tissues
• Organ System
– An anatomical system composed of a group of organs that work together to perform a specific function or task
• Organism
– A form of life; animal, plant, fungi, etc.
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• Population
– A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific geographical area and reproducing
• Community
– Different populations of organisms interacting in a shared environment
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• Ecosystem
– A system composed of organisms and nonliving components of an environment
Biome – a large area or geographical
region with distinct plant and animal
groups adapted to that environment
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Biosphere – the zone of life on earth: sum total of all ecosystems on earth