Science flash cards 4
Features of living things
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 organism needs to live
Air
Water
Energy
Biotic
Living
Abiotic
Nonliving
Dead
once living but not anymore
Organism
A living thing
Cell
The smallest unit of life
Multicellular
Describes a living thing
Unicellular
Describes a living thing that is made of only one cell
Growth
Increase in organisms size
Development
When an organism become more complex
Spontaneous Generation
the idea that living thing just spawning
Stimulus
The reaction to living
Reponse
Your reaction to a stimulus
Homeostasis
An organism’s ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change.