Living things Flashcards
Features of life
All living things have all of the following features:
Use Energy
Respond to Stimuli
One or more cells
Life Span
Locomotion (moves)
Maintain Homeostasis (good health)
Adapt - organisms change over time to survive their environment
Reproduce - continuation of the species by making offspring
Grow and Develop
3 things organisms need to live
1.Air
2.energy
3.water
What is biotic
It means living
abiotic
Nonliving was never alive
Dead
Was once living but not living anymore
organism
a living thing and also has all the characteristics of life.
cell
The smallest unit of life
Multicellular
Describes a living thing that is made up of 2 or more cells
unicellular
Describes a living thing made of one cell.
Growth
Increase in a organisms size.
development
when an organism becomes more complex.
Spontaneous Generation
The idea that living things come from nonliving things Disproven
Stimulus
Anything that makes you react
Response
Your reaction to a stimulus
homeostasis
An organism’s ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change.