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Characteristics of All Living Things

Characteristics of All Living Things. Link. What does it mean to be alive?. Essential Question. ?. How are all living things similar?. 1. They obtain (get) & use resources for energy. Food, oxygen, water Need these to grow, develop, repair

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Characteristics of All Living Things

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  1. Characteristics of All Living Things

  2. Link What does it mean to be alive?

  3. Essential Question ? How are all living things similar?

  4. 1. They obtain (get) & use resources for energy • Food, oxygen, water • Need these to grow, develop, repair • Autotrophs – Make their own food through photosynthesis (producers) • Heterotrophs – Seek out other food sources (consumers) • Respiration – Breaking down food into energy

  5. What resources do you obtain in a day?

  6. 2. They respond to stimuli • Stimulus – a change in surroundings that makes an organism react • Response – What the organism does to react to a stimuli

  7. When I cut off the lights, what’s your response? What’s the stimulus?

  8. 3. They Reproduce • Offspring – similar characteristics as parents Two types • Asexual – one parent/offspring is genetically identical to parent • Sexual – two parents – egg (female) & sperm (male) combine to make an offspring different from parents

  9. What type of reproduction does Spongebob go through?

  10. 4. They Grow & Develop • Grow larger • Has a life cycle • Develop into more complex organism • This requires energy

  11. Describe the life cycle of… Human Butterfly

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