Discover about the Characteristics of Living Things: Cellular Organization Genetic Control Reproduction Growth Metabolism Adaptation Sensitivity/Response Movement

1. Characteristics
of LIFE

2. A living thing should possess the
following characteristics:
Cellular Organization
Reproduction
Genetic Control
Growth
Metabolism
Sensitivity
Adaptation
Movement

3. All living things are made
up of cells.
CELLULAR
ORGANIZATION

4. Organism/Individual
Organ System
Organ
Tissue
Cell
CELLULAR
ORGANIZATION

5. REPRODUCTION
Organisms multiply to
continue the existence
of its kind.

6. REPRODUCTION

7. GENETIC
CONTROL
 DNA is the carrier of
genes or traits of
organisms that can be
passed down from
parents to offspring and it
is found in the nucleus of
a eukaryotic cell.
 Genetic control is the
reason why an organism
gives birth to a similar
species of organism

8. GROWTH
Living things change in size and
form due to absorption of nutrients.
For multicellular organisms, they
grow by multiplying the number of
the cell.
For unicellular organisms, they
grow by increasing the size of the
cell.

9. GROWTH

10. METABOLISM
Catabolism
-building-up
Anabolism
-breaking-up

11. METABOLISM
Living things undergo
chemical processes which
support life.

12. SENSITIVITY
-response to stimulus

13. ADAPTATION
Living things develop body
parts, behavior and life
patterns in order to survive
the changes in the
environment.

14. ADAPTATION

15. MOVEMENT