1. AIM: WHAT CHARACTERISTICSAIM: WHAT CHARACTERISTICS
DO ALL LIVING THINGS SHARE?DO ALL LIVING THINGS SHARE?
Looking at living things…Looking at living things…
Do Now: On your paper.Do Now: On your paper.
Today’s notes will be inToday’s notes will be in purplepurple..
2. All living things…All living things…
All living things must do certainAll living things must do certain
things in order to maintainthings in order to maintain
homeostasishomeostasis (a stable internal(a stable internal
environment)environment)
All the life processes and chemicalAll the life processes and chemical
reactions living things do are calledreactions living things do are called
metabolismmetabolism..
3. Living thingsLiving things
Although all living things look different fromAlthough all living things look different from
each other, they all have eight things ineach other, they all have eight things in
common.common.
These eight things are called life processes.These eight things are called life processes.
Something is only alive if it doesSomething is only alive if it does all eightall eight
processes.processes.
6. Animals move their whole
bodies
Complex organisms have a
circulatory system to
carry and exchange
materials.
Transport can also be
defined as the intake and
distribution of material
throughout an organism.
Example: Plants transport
water and food up their
stems and down to the
roots.
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All living thingsAll living things
undergoundergo
RespirationRespiration
(Anaerobic and Aerobic)
8. All living things
exchange gases with
their environment.
Plants and animals
use the oxygen in
the air to turn food
into energy.
Plants use carbon
dioxide to make
sugars using the
process of
photosynthesis.
10. All living things respond
to changes. Living things
notice changes in their
surroundings and react
to them. They do this to
maintain Homeostasis.
Ie. Plants grow towards
the light.
Ie. Animals are sensitive
to many things such as
noise, light and
temperature change.
14. Organisms are arranged
into cells, then tissues,
organs and finally organ
systems.
Even cells are organized
by little specialized
individual compartments
called organelles.
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All living thingsAll living things
needneed NutritionNutrition
(Heterotrophic and Autotrophic)
16. Food is used to provide energy.
Green plants make their own
food using sunlight.
Animals eat plants or other
animals.
18. Waste substances
must be removed
from the all living
things.
Plants and animals
both need to get rid
of waste gas and
water.
If wastes remained
in the body it would
be poisonous.
20. Humans have babies,Humans have babies,
cats producecats produce
kittens, pigeons laykittens, pigeons lay
eggs.eggs.
New plants growNew plants grow
from seeds.from seeds.
WithoutWithout
reproduction, areproduction, a
species would gospecies would go
extinct (die out).extinct (die out).
21. The eight life processes
1. Movement
2. Respiration
3. Sensitivity
4. Growth
5. Organization
6. Nutrition
7. Excretion
8. Reproduction
22. Use the first letter from eachUse the first letter from each
process to help you remember them.process to help you remember them.
MMovementovement
RRespirationespiration
SSensitivityensitivity
GGrowthrowth
OOrganizationrganization
NNutritionutrition
EExcretionxcretion
RReproductioneproduction
The eight life processes spellThe eight life processes spell
MRS. GONERMRS. GONER
23. This isThis is MRS GONERMRS GONER !!
Can you rememberCan you remember
what each of thewhat each of the
letters in her nameletters in her name
stand for ?stand for ?
25. Wrap-Up!
Turn to the chapter 1 word wall on page 9.
Record at least two “new to you” words that we used in class today.
26. Do Now: BE THE BIOLOGIST!Do Now: BE THE BIOLOGIST!
EuropaEuropa
AIM: Are living and non-livingAIM: Are living and non-living
things always easy to distinguish?things always easy to distinguish?
