2. Metabolism
The total of all chemical reactions and life processes that allow an
organism to take care of itself.
Everything that happens in your cells is a set of chemical
reactions.
3. Regulation:
Responding to the
environment
Living things can monitor (perceive) and respond to changes in
their internal and external environment.
Sometimes they can adapt to these changes, sometimes they
can’t.
8. Nutrition
Living things obtain energy from their environment.
Photosynthesis is key:
Sunlight
carbon dioxide + water -----------> sugar + oxygen + water
9. Growth
More cells and bigger cells
Humans start as 1 cell and grown and develop into an organism
of about 50 trillion cells.
10. Excretion
Getting rid of waste
4 types of excretion
urination (peeps)
defecation (poops)
exhaling
sweating
11. Reproduction
Living things come from other living things.
Living things make copies of themselves.
Asexual reproduction - only 1 parent
Sexual reproduction - two parents