Living Things Flashcards
(16 cards)
Feature of Life
All living things have all of the following features:
Use Energy
Respond to Stimuli
One or more cells
Life Span
Locomotion (moves)
Maintain Homeostasis (good health)
Adapt - organisms change over time to survive their environment
Reproduce - continuation of the species by making offspring
Grow and Develop
3 Things organisms need to live
Air
Water
Energy
Biotic
Living
Abitotic
Nonliving
Dead
Was alive once, not anymore
Organism
A living thing, has all the characteristics of life
Cell
Smallest unit of life
Multicellular
Describes a living thing that is made of 2 or more cells
Unicellular
Descrbes a living thing with only 1 cell
Growth
increase in a organism’s size
Development
When a organism becomes
Spontaneous Generation
The idea that living things come from nonliving things *Disproven
Stimulus
Anything that makes you react
Response
How you react to your stimulus
Homeostasis
An organism’s ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change.
Adapt
Change over time to become better fitted to the environment and to survive