Properties Of Life Mitch Anderson by MITCHELL ANDERSON

Living Things Are Based On A Universal Genetic Code

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-08-31 16:10:12 UTC

DNA is a molecule that stores a blueprint for the next "copy" of the organism it's in. It's almost the exact same every time. There are just a few tiny changes here and there.

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-08-31 16:14:57 UTC

Living Things Grow And Develope

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-08-31 16:15:33 UTC

When any living thing is developing the original egg splits over and over until there are many different looking cells that perform different tasks.

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-08-31 16:20:25 UTC

Living Things Respond To There Environment

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-08-31 16:21:17 UTC

Living things sense when variables in their environment change. That change is called a stimulus, and a stimulus is something that the organism reacts to.

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-08-31 16:29:33 UTC

Living Things Are Made Up Of Cells

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-08-31 16:30:07 UTC

All living things are made of cells. Cells are the smallest units that are thought of as alive. Cells, just like all living things, grow, reproduce, and react to changes in the environment around them.

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-09-01 14:15:24 UTC

Taken As A Group, Living Things Evolve

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-09-01 14:16:06 UTC

Generation after generation, groups of of organism's change in some way, shape, or form. This is called evolution. This connects all living things to a shared beginning 3.5 million years ago. Evidence of this is found everywhere in all living things, from the structures of proteins to the physical features.

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-09-01 14:22:27 UTC

Living Things Obtain And Use Material And Energy

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-09-01 14:23:36 UTC

Energy and materials are needed for living things to grow, develop, and reproduce. A metabolism is the combination of chemical reactions through which the organism breaks down or builds up materials.

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-09-01 14:27:35 UTC

Living Things Maintain A Stable Internal Environment

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-09-01 14:28:45 UTC

It's a necessity for living things to keep their environment pretty stable, even when conditions outside their internal environment change drastically. This is called homeostasis.

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-09-01 14:33:16 UTC

Living Things Reproduce

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-09-01 14:35:25 UTC

Living things produce similar organisms in a process called sexual reproduction. A cell from each parent mix together to make the first cell of the new organism. Another way organisms reproduce is through asexual reproduction, where one organism basically clones itself.

mitchell_anderson19 — 2015-09-01 14:41:20 UTC