Biology characteristics

1. Characteristics of Life

2. Section 1.1 What is Biology?

6. What Does it Mean to Be Alive? The Characteristics of Life

9. Cells

10. UniCellular

11. MultiCellular

13. Asexual

14. Sexual: a new genetic combination

15. All Living Things Obtain and Use Energy Living organisms need energy to grow, develop, repair damage, and reproduce

20. Stable Interior

21. Even though exterior conditions are changing

22. All Organisms Pass Along Hereditary Traits Genes carry hereditary information Genes are composed of DNA Heredity is the reason children resemble their parents Mutations change DNA code and can be passed from generation to generation

24. All Living Things Grow Growth means to get bigger in size

25. All Living Things Develop Development involves a change in the physical form or physiological make-up of an organism - An example would be how a frog is conceived and born. - A frog begins as a single cell in a fertilized egg and then grows into a tadpole and eventually into a fully grown frog.

26. Development

28. An Example of Adaptation Desert plants have succulent waxy leaves and stems to store water and reduce water loss

29. Living things adapt and evolve

30. Resources http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science/resources/games/ourselves/living/living.htm (sorting) http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.colt.lp_living/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMBJZLEwFs&feature=related (movie) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM_CgOgJGG0&feature=fvw (movie w/ song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ2FI50oecs&feature=related (note and voice)