The Characteristics of life

• Organism= a living thing
• Biodiversity= a term used to describe the variety of living things on earth
• Life= something that possesses metabolism and continuity
• Metabolism= the sum of all chemical reactions that occur in an organism
• Continuity= the ability of organisms to exist from one generation to the next
• Organisation= organisms being made up of cells, tissues, organs and systems
• Nutrition= the getting/producing and use of food
• Excretion= the removal of wastes of metabolism from the body
• Response= the ability of organisms to react to both internal and external changes
• Reproduction= the ability of an organism to produce new individuals of its own kind
• Characteristics of Life: common features shared by living organisms