Characteristics of life {Katie Coffey}



Characteristics of life are traits and/or qualities in an organism such as, Growth, use of energy, homeostasis, and reproduction.


1. All living things are composed of cells.
Muscles, Nerves, Blood, Stem etc. 

2. Living things have different levels.

  • Tissue - a group of cells 
  • Organ - a group of tissues 
  • Organ system  - a group of organs 
  • Organism - any living things that is complete. 

3. Living things use energy.  
Plants use the sun to grow.                                                          

4. Living things react to their environment. 
Homeostasis 

5. Living things grow. 
Cells

6. Living things reproduce
Sexual + Asexual 

7. Living things adapt to their environment.
Giraffes used to have short necks, over time they became longer because of trees growing. 


Reflection

The Characteristics of life wasn't that hard to understand. It's a generally simple topic to grasp. All living things have cells, they are composed of multiple levels, they use energy, react to their environment, grow, reproduce and adapt. I like to think of a flower in this instance. A flower doesn't just pop up from the ground, it takes time and requires different aspects to be created. 








Citations:
http://study.com/academy/lesson/8-characteristics-of-life-in-biology.html

Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 22, 2017 at 10:53 AM

    Information was short. Think you could have added more information though. Good reflection though with your example.

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  2. AnonymousMay 22, 2017 at 11:04 AM

    There could have been more information on the post. Your post although, was good. With a little mroe information this would be good.

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  3. AnonymousMay 23, 2017 at 10:39 AM

    I like how your information was listed instead of in just one big paragraph. I also liked how you used a flower as an example. Over all your post was good, but you could've had a little bit more information.

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  4. AnonymousMay 23, 2017 at 10:40 AM

    Information was a little short. It was directly to the point but you could have explained them a little better. Your reflection was good and had good information.

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  5. AnonymousMay 23, 2017 at 10:57 AM

    Info. was listed neatly and very understandable, but i agree more wouldve been better. It was good overall!

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  6. AnonymousMay 23, 2017 at 11:18 AM

    I like how you listed your information but it wasn't a lot i think you could've added a sentence to some of them

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  7. AnonymousMay 25, 2017 at 10:37 AM

    I like how you put examples. Easy to understand. Your reflection is good and I like how you put how you understood it.

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  8. AnonymousMay 27, 2017 at 4:32 PM

    I like that this was short and simple to understand. Your reflection was very informational. You could have added just a touch more information though.

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