Characteristics Of Life Quest

Characteristics of Life

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Drill What do all living things have in common? Make a list of 5-7 characteristics with your partner.

Drill What do all living things have in common? Make a list of 5-7 characteristics with your partner. Click Here For the Answer

Objective SWBAT utilize scientific terms when discussing biotic and abiotic characteristics in order to effectively understand the definitions by completing this interactive

Characteristics of Life This quest will introduce you to the 5 basic characteristics of life. Click on any of the characteristics to find out • Homeostasis more about it!!! • Metabolism • Cellular Organization • Reproduction END • Heredity

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Homeostasis

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Homeostasis Your body stays at 98.6 degrees- this is an example of homeostasis. True

False

Homeostasis Homeostasis is the ability to maintain a stable internal environment regardless of the external environment Example: - The body sweats when it is hot outside in the summer - The body shivers with cold chills when the body is cold Animation Factory

Cellular Organization

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Cellular Organization

Every living organism is composed of cells. True

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Cellular Organization A cell is a membrane-covered structure that contains all of the materials necessary for life.

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Cellular Organization

There are 3 types of cells. True

False

Cellular Organization There are two types of cells: – Unicellular – Multicellular

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Metabolism • Your body undergoes chemical reactions to make b) Food c) Energy d) Water e) Oxygen

Metabolism • Organisms use energy to carry out the activities of life.

• Metabolism is the use of energy to carry out life functions.

Reproduction • There are two types of reproduction: – –

Asexual Sexual

Asexual Reproduction • Asexual reproduction is where a

single parent produces offspring that is identical to the parent Example: Earthworm Amoeba

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Sexual Reproduction • Sexual reproduction is where two

parents from opposites sexes each contributes sex cells to produce offspring that will share characteristics of both parents Examples: Animals Flowers Picture from: http://www.wasdarwinright.com/images/meiosis.jpg

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Heredity

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Heredity Heredity is the transmission of genetic material from one generation to the next generation

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