characteristics of ALL life

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  • Living things are made up of organic molecules that contain nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids.
  • Living things are composed of cells.
  • The smallest unit of matter that can't be broken down any further is the atom.
  • Living things grow and reproduce.
  • Living things use energy and raw materials.
  • Living things respond to their environment.
  • Living things maintain homeostasis.
  • Populations of living things have adaptive traits and evolve.
  • Atom is a unit of matter that cannot be further broken down.
  • A molecule is the chemical components of cells.
  • An organelle is a component within the cell that carries out specific functions.
  • A cell is the smallest unit of life.
  • A tissue is a group of similar cells that perform the same function.
  • An organ is a structure with two or more tissues working together to perform a function.
  • Organ systems are at least two organs working together to perform a function.
  • All living things maintain homeostasis, which is a condition of equilibrium within any biological system.
  • All living things grow and reproduce through sexual reproduction asexual reproduction
  • Negative feedback is a change in a variable that triggers a control mechanism to counteract further change in the same direction.
  • Catabolism is the breaking down of complex molecules into more simple ones.
  • Anabolism is the assembly of simple molecules into more complex molecules.
  • Populations of living things have adaptive traits and evolve.
  • All living things respond to their environment by detecting stimuli and then reacting.
  • Humans belong to the kingdom Animals - Domain Eukarya
  • All living things use energy and raw materials by taking up and metabolizing compounds from their environment.
  • Metabolism is the sum of all chemical reactions within living cells.
  • Positive feedback is a change in a variable that triggers a control mechanism to amplify rather than reverse the change.
  • An individual is a single organism.
  • A population is all the individuals of the same species in an area.
  • A community is all the species in an ecosystem that can interact.
  • An ecosystem is a community and its physical environment.
  • The biosphere is the part of the earth that supports life.
  • sexual reproduction (sperm and egg )
  • Asexual reproduction ( splitting of the cell )
  • atom is a unit of matter that cannot be further broken down
  • molecule is the chemical components of cells
  • organelle is a component within the cell that carries out specific functions
  • cell is the smallest unit of life
  • Tissue is a group of similar cells that perform the same function
  • an organ is a structure with two or more tissues working together to perform a function
  • organ system means at least two organs working together to perform a function