Properties of Life LESSON

No, not that are shared by ALL of them listed

Yes, but only by the organisms listed that can move from place to place

No, none of them have anything in common

Yes, there are at least six of them that they all share

All living things have certain characteristics that make them different from non-living things

Organisms that cannot be seen without a microscope have different characteristics than other, larger living things

There are a total of only six characteristics that all living things have in common

Because of the differences in a whale and a redwood tree, we could not consider them both to be living things

cells

DNA

atoms

carbohydrates

organ systems

nucleus

organs

cells

molecules

chemical reactions

the number of offspring produced from each process

the number of 'parents' involved in the process

one is called binary fission and the other is called spore formation

not relevant in Biology since there's no way to tell which one is utilized

a plant closing its leaves during the day to prevent excess water loss

using crutches after breaking your ankle in a freak hoverboard accident

a football player in full pads sweating during practice on a very hot day

your heart rate always staying the same, regardless of your level of activity

your breathing speeds up after giving your best friend a piggy-back ride up the ramp to the upper commons

...you'll always look exactly like one of your parents

...every cell in your body knows how to carry out normal life processes

...all living organisms share the exact same genetic sequences

...organisms will create identical 'clones' of themselves through reproduction

amino acids (valine, threonine, isoleucine)

proteins (collagen, myosin, actin)

carbohydrates (glucose, starch)

nucleic acids (DNA, RNA)

adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

biology

ecology

livology

thermodynamics

saprophytes

producers

chlorophyll

carbohydrates

the number of cells of which an organism is composed

the heat generated by your body to maintain a 98 degree 'normal' temperature

the process used to get the sun's stored energy out of the food we eat

the genetic material that is passed on to you from both of your parents

sand dollars

E. coli bacteria

lions

soybean seedlings

hatchling snakes

September 2004

January 2002

Friday, April 3, 1994

July 1997

organization

reproduction

metabolism

homeostasis

photosynthesis

nucleus

ribosome

chloroplast

Golgi apparatus

vacuole