Unit 1: Characteristics of Life Review

Select all the Biotic (living things)

• temperature

• animals

• plants

• light

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How is a truck like a human (think about the six characteristics of life)?

-select 3

• made of one or more cells

• requires energy source

• can grow or change over time

• respond to changes

• reproduce

Changing, organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole.

(Dryer)

• Components

• Inputs

• System

• Feedback

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Parts of a system that function together but as a singular item do not function on its own.

(Dryer: door, heating coil, fan)

• Components

• Inputs

• System

• Feedback

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Items that go into a system that cause something different to be generated

(Dryer: Wet clothes, program)

• Components

• Inputs

• System

• Feedback

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Are generated once an input is added to a system.

(Dryer: dry clothes, buzzer)

• Components

• Inputs

• System

• Outputs

Information from one of the steps of a cycle that acts to change the behavior of a previous step of the cycle.

(Dryer: moisture sensor, program, buzzer)

• Components

• Inputs

• Feedback

• Outputs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Define the space of the system to separate the system from the rest of the universe.

(dryer: Size of the load)

• Components

• Boundaries

• Feedback

• Control

Something that regulates the system, can be automatic, manually set or both.

(dryer: panel program)

• Components

• Boundaries

• Feedback

• Control

Any system where inputs and outputs are not limited.

For example, living organisms

• Open System

• Closed System

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3