Characteristics of Living Things

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Characteristics of Living Things: Cells

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Cells are the smallest living unit of an organism!

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Characteristics of Living Things: Growth

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Increase in size and mass over

time.

Quantitative - can be

measured numerically

• Weight

• Height

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Characteristics of Living Things: Development

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Development – How a living thing changes as it grows.

• Starts as one cell and becomes many cells.

• Cells take on different jobs.

• Changes in body parts, how it works, and what it can do.

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Characteristics of Living Things: Reproduce

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Reproduction – The way living things make new living things (babies or offspring) and pass on their traits (genes).

👉 Example: Cats have kittens, plants make seeds.

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The Cell Theory

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• • All living things are made of cells.

  • Cells are the basic unit of structure and function.

  • New cells are produced from existing cells.

  
  

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Characteristics of Living Things: Reproduce - Sexual

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• Two parents make offspring.

• Offspring are not identical to parents (unique).

• Happens in more complex organisms.

• Slower process.

• Creates more variety (diversity).

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Unicellular Organism

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Living organism made up of ONE cell.

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Multicellular Organism

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Living organism made up of MANY, specialized cells.

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Autotroph

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Can make its own food using energy from the sun.

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Heterotroph

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Cannot make its own food, has to eat other organism.