Transcript 1 Char of Life Notes

June 2, 2016
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ORGANISMS- living things
 Must possess ALL 9 of the following
characteristics
Living things “R-CHARGE2D”
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(Not every organism has to reproduce,
but the species must)
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ability to maintain internal conditions
separate from an outside environment.
Examples:
 Body Temperature at 98.6 degrees,
sweating, shivering
 Water levels in body
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An adaptation is…
 a characteristic that affects chances of survival
 Can be advantageous or not
 Inherited
 Examples: Owls large eyes help to see at
night
Ex- A plant growing in a specific
direction due to a light stimulus
Doesn’t have to be MOVEMENT-
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Example: Temperature turns
cold & dry (stimulus) and
trees loose leaves
(response)
 Getting Bigger / Increasing material
“the capacity to do
work”
 (and it takes work to
maintain the
organization of the
cell and the organism)
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The gradual accumulation of adaptations
due to environmental stimuli.
(Organisms with more suitable adaptations
are more likely to survive and reproduce)
 Cannot occur in an individual- only in
species over many generations!
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 Changes during the life of an
organism
 Not just growing, but “maturing”
…Or is it???
How did you
know???
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