Biology by Angelo Sassanelli

The seven characteristics of life?

as24535 — 2017-09-07 00:51:21 UTC

What the seven characteristics of living things consist of.

#1 living things are made of cells. (organized)

as24535 — 2017-09-07 01:01:38 UTC

Definition:
cells are the building block of all organisms. It is the smallest organized thing in something living. Cells contain an organisms heredity info like DNA and they can make copies of themselves called mitosis.
Example:
Some living things are mostly made of (Unicellular organisms)

other living things are made of (multi cellular organisms)

#2 living things can maintain homeostasis

as24535 — 2017-09-07 01:11:34 UTC

Definition:
The power to keep internal things balanced.
Example:
Humans have a homeostasis of body temperature. A healthy body temperature stays at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

#3 Living things respond to the environment

as24535 — 2017-09-07 01:25:50 UTC

Definition:
organisms interact and use available sources, such as food, space, light, heat, water, air and shelter.
Example: Rain and sunlight are non- living components which affe

#4 Living things have a metabolism

as24535 — 2017-09-07 01:41:03 UTC

Definition:
Sets the life sustaining chemical process that enables organisms to transform the chemical energy that's stored in molecules into energy that can be used for cellular processes.
Example: reaking down molecules to release some of their stored energy

#5 Living things go through reproduction

as24535 — 2017-09-07 01:44:38 UTC

Definition: process by which new organisms are generated.
Example:
species reproduce to know that there species wont be extinct.

#6 Living things contain heredity

as24535 — 2017-09-07 01:49:52 UTC

Definition:
All organisms inherit the genetic information specifying their structure and function form their parents
Example:
Chances of the species of having the same characteristics of one of your parents

#7 Living things grow and develop

as24535 — 2017-09-07 01:55:03 UTC

Definition:
Development is a lifelong process of physical, behavioral, cognitive, and emotional growth and change
Example:
Development - transformation of an organism as it goes through the growth process
Growth - Increase in size and mass of an organism