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 thing organisms need to live
- air
- water
- energy
biotic
living
abiotic
nonliving, was never alive
dead
was once living, but not anymore
organism
a living thing that has all characteristics of life
cell
the smallest unit of life
multicellular
describes a living thing that is made of two or more cells
unicellular
describes a living thing that is made of only one cell
growth
increase in organism’s size
Development
when an organism becomes more complex
spontaneous Generation
the idea that living thing come from non- living 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
adapt
change over time to become better fitted to the environment and to survive