Living Things Flashcards

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Features of life

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All living things have all the following features: 1. Use energy, 2. Respond to stimuli, 3. One or more cells, 4. Life span, 5. Locomotion (moves), 6. Maintain homeostasis (good health), 7. Adapt - organisms change over time to survive their environment, 8. Reproduction - continuation of the species by making off springs, 9. Grow and Development.

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3 Things organisms need 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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Was once 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 becomes 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.