Standard: S7L1. I can investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared

scientifically.

Any living thing

Has to exhibit ALL of the following SIX common characteristics.

Movement

(Plants do not move from place to place but the move toward sunlight. PHOTOTROPHISM!)

Responsive to stimulus (environment)

Growth and development

Reproduction

Excretion

Obtain/use energy

One or more CELLS

Going through stages of life (ex. Humans Embryo, Infant, Toddler, Child, Teen, Adult

Asexual Sexual

Homeostasis

Means that living things can maintain their internal environment relative to changes in the external environment.

May display some of the characteristics of living organisms, but never all of them

Example: Rocks move and grow, however they do not reproduce or use energy