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The Six Characteristics Of All Living Things

The Six Characteristics Of All Living Things. Dakota.W.Brown Period 8. All Living Things Have Cells. All things have 1 or more cells It is the smallest unit to carry out activities of life All cells are surrounded by a cell membrane. Living Things Sense and Respond to Change.

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The Six Characteristics Of All Living Things

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  1. The Six Characteristics Of All Living Things Dakota.W.Brown Period 8

  2. All Living Things Have Cells • All things have 1 or more cells • It is the smallest unit to carry out activities of life • All cells are surrounded by a cell membrane

  3. Living Things Sense and Respond to Change • All living things are able to sense change in their environment • A change that affects the activity of an organism is called a stimulus • Stimuli can be chemicals, gravity, light, sounds, hunger, or anything that causes organisms to respond

  4. Living Things Reproduce • living things make offspring like themselves by either sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction • In sexual reproduction, two parents produce offspring that share characteristics of both parents • In asexual reproduction, a single parent produces offspring that are identical to the parent

  5. LivingThings Have DNA • The cells of all living things contain the molecule deoxyribonucleic acid (dee AHK see RIE bohnoo KLEE ik AS id), or DNA. DNA carries instructions for the organism’s traits • When organisms reproduce, they pass copies of their DNA to their offspring

  6. Living Things Use Energy • Living things use energy to carry out the chemical activities of life • Some of these activities are changing energy into food, breaking down food, moving materials into and out of cells, growing, and building cells

  7. Living Things Grow and Develop • All living things grow during parts of their lives • In a single-celled organism, the cell gets larger and divides, which makes other organisms • In a multicellular organism, the number of cells increases

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