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Features of life

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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

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3 Things organisms need to live

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Air, water, energy

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3
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biotic

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living

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4
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Abiotic

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Nonliving, was never alive

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5
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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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8
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Unicellular

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Describes a living thing that is made of only one cell

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9
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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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11
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Spontaneous Generation

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The idea that living things come from nonliving things *Disproven

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12
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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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14
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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

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