Characteristics of Living Things

What does it mean to be alive?

Today was just a day fading into another And that cant be what a life is for
Amy Hit the Atmosphere, Counting Crows (1999)

Living things

Amoeba (Amoeba sp.)

Unicellular
Human (Homo sapiens)

Multicellular

are made up of cells.

Living things
Sexual Asexual

Binary fission of Paramecium Human sperm & egg cells

Hydra budding

reproduce.

Living things

Onion (Allium cepa) cells

grow and develop.

Living things

obtain and use energy.

Living things

Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena sp.)

respond to their environment.

Living things
Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.)

respond to their environment.

Living things
Paramecium sp. Plant seedlings

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

are capable of movement.

Living things

are based on a universal genetic code.

Living things

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Bacterial endospore

Silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus)

ORGANISM

ENVIRONMENT

as a group, change over time.

References
Main reference Miller, K.R. and Levine, J. (1995). Biology. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Other references
Miller, K.R. and Levine, J. (2002). Biology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Solomon, E.P., Berg, L.R., Martin, D.W., and Villee, C. (1993). Biology (3rd ed.). Fort Worth: Saunders College Publishing.

Image Sources
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Brain cell > http://www.scienceclarified.com/Bi-Ca/Brain.html Amoeba > http://www.btinternet.com/~stephen.durr/amoebaproteus.html Homer Simpson > http://www.simpsonstrivia.com.ar/wallpapers/homer-simpson-wallpaper-brain.htm Human sperm & egg cells > http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/health_ivf_step_by_step/img/1.jpg Paramecium > http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/1-OLIH023P.GIF Hydra > http://www.microscope-microscope.org/gallery/Mark-Simmons/images/hydra2.jpg Onion cells > http://tosaweb.ncsd.k12.wy.us/faculty/lbell/Cell%20Division/Images/fig12x9onion.jpg Mosquito life cycle > http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/mosquitoes/moslifecycle.jpg Metabolism poster > http://www.pnas.org/content/103/2/425/F3.large.jpg Blue-ringed octopus > http://www.underwater.com.au/content/5192/blue_ringed_octopus.jpg

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Jackrabbit > http://www.wildhorizons.com/images/Jackrabbit_Ears.jpg Cheetah > http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/felins/High%20Velocity,%20Cheetah.jpg
DNA >

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Polar bear > http://climateprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/polar-bear-tongue.jpeg Endospore > http://www.apsnet.org/education/illustratedglossary/PhotosE-H/endospore.jpg Silky anteater > http://www.projectamazonas.com/Images/Flora&Fauna/FloraFaunaGalleries/mammals%20edentates/ Cyclopes%20didactylus%2004.jpg

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