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
Air
Water
Energy
Biotic
Living
Abiotic
Nonliving, was never alive
Dead
Was once living, but not anymore
Organism
A living thing, has all the 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 an organism’s size
Development
When a living thing passes through the next stage of life.
Spontaneous Generation
The idea of living things came from nonliving things.(Disproven)
Stimulus
Anything that makes you react.
Response
The reaction to a stimulus.
Homeostasis