characteristics of living things
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Characteristics of living things. DO NOW:SEPTEMBER 25. What makes something living?. Is the candle alive?. 3 Similarities-3 Differences. All Living Things have NEEDS. M aterials-water, oxygen E nergy-food, sun (plants) L iving Space-somewhere to get materials and energy. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
All Living Things have NEEDS
Materials-water, oxygen
Energy-food, sun (plants)
Living Space-somewhere to get materials and energy
Living Things have CHARACTERISITCS
Organized-cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism
Growth-to become larger
Reproduce-create more, avoid extinction
Environment, Respond-ability to change as the environment changes.
DO NOW September 29
How are living things organized?
Why do living things need to reproduce?
A brown chameleon moves into a tree and changes color to green. What characteristic of living things in this behavior?
The Cell Theory
All living things are made up of one or more cells
Cells carry out all basic life functions
All cells come from other cells
Francisco Redi
Believed in spontaneous generation-living things (bacteria) can come from non-living things.
Why did he think this?
Louis Pasteur
Disproved Redi’s theory of spontaneous generation
Developed the process of pasteurization
Pasteur's Life