Living things Flashcards

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Features of life

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All living things have all of the following features

1 Use energy
2 Respond to stimuli
3 One or more cell
4 Life span
5 Locomotion(moves)
6 Maintain Homeostasis(good health)
7 Adapt - organisms change over time to survive their environment
8 Reproduce - continuation of species by making offspring
9 Grow and Develop

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3 Things organisms need to live

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1 Air
2 Water
3 Energy

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Biotic

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Living

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Abiotic

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Nonliving, was never alive

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Dead

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Once was living, but not anymore

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Organism

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A living thing, has all the characteristics of life

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Cell

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The smallest unit of life

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Multicellular

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Describes a living thing that is made of two or more cells.

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Unicellular

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Describes a living thing that is made of only one cell

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Growth

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Increase in an organism’s size

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Development

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When an organism become more complex

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Spontaneous Generation

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The idea that living things come from nonliving things *Disproven

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Stimulus

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Anything that makes you react

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Response

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Your reaction to a stimulus

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Homeostasis

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An organism’s ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change.

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Adapt

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Change over time to become better fitted to the environment and to survive