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Living things respond to their environment

Living things will react to their environment to give them the best chance to survive. This cactus started growing towards the sun. Its reaction was to grow towards the sun so it could get more sunlight and grow.

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Living things grow and develop

Living things will grow and develop throughout their lifetimes. Growth is when an organism physically gets bigger and development is when an organism changes on a cellular level and becomes more complex.

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Living things have a Complex Chemistry

Living things go through many different chemical changes in order to survive. Metabolism is the accumulated total of all of those biochemical reactions an organism goes through in order to survive.

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Living things reproduce

Reproduction is a process living things do in which they produce offspring. There are two types of reproduction, sexual and asexual. In sexual reproduction two organisms combine genetic information and create genetically unique offspring. In asexual reproduction, organisms will produce offspring genetically identical to themselves.

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Living things maintain homeostasis

A characteristic of living things is that they can maintain homeostasis. This means that they can maintain a steady internal environment even when the external environment changes.

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Living things are made up of cells.

All living things are made up of cells, with some organisms containing trillions of cells. The cells have different functions that contribute to the organism's survival.