Properties of Life

Graphic Organizer

Is it living?• “Living” is an important term that has very

specific definitions.• Unfortunately, it can sometimes be difficult

identify all of them in living things.• You know most of these properties already.• Recall yesterday’s question about the tree.• What were you ideas?• How about the apple?

1. Cellular OrganizationAll living things are made of one or more cells.

2. HomeostasisMaintaining stable internal conditions when things outside change. For example, we shiver when it’s cold and we sweat when it’s hot but our internal temperature stays pretty stable.

3. MetabolismLiving things break things down then build things back up. This is evident in obtaining energy to live (eating other organisms)

4. Interaction/ResponsivenessLiving things respond to outside influences. Flowers open in sunlight and gazelle run when chased.

5. ReproductionLiving things make babies (officially called offspring).

6. HeredityThose babies have traits given from their parents. Meaning they have genes (eye color for example) that were given to them by their parents.

7. Growth & DevelopmentLiving things grow in size or number in cells and have a life cycle, they live and then eventually die.

These 7 terms define what is living.All life is united by these 7 properties.

7 Properties of Life

Properties of Life Classwork

• Choose your organism, any organism.– This should be the organism you brought in.– You can draw one or make it up if you didn’t.

• Draw or paste a picture of this organism in the middle of the page.– See next slide.

• In bubbles around the outside, label, define, and describe the 7 properties of life and how this organism displays using them.

• Once graded, these will be put up on the side wall.

Due: ????Use color & Be neat.Do this on a piece of copy paper provided.

Property of Life:Explanation

Ex: Metabolism: the sum of chemical reactions in the

body.The alien eats asteroids for

energy.

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Scoring: 25pts Total1pt. ea.: Each property is labeled.1pt. ea.: Each property is defined properly.1 pt. ea.: Each property is related to your organism in a correct manner.4pts total: Presentation is neat and colorful!