Characteristics of Life Flashcards
(7 cards)
What is Order?
Living things are highly organized in order in function.
Analyzing order in organisms gives us clues about its functions.
Structure and Function are related to all levels of hierarchy
What is reproduction?
Organisms reproduce their own kind
Life uses DNA as inheritable information
What is Growth and Development
Organisms must grow in size and complexity
Life grows by internal changes
What is energy utilisation?
Organisms take in energy continually and transform it to do work.
what is stimuli
Organism must respond to stimuli and change in theenvironment and it may be fast or slow
what is it
Organisms must maintain tolerable conditions in their body so that outside enviornment’s changes wont kill or harm them easily.
What is it
Organisms change over time to adapt well to their enviornment
