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Characteristics of Living Things
What does it mean to be alive?
“Today was just a day fading into another
And that can’t be what a life is for…”Amy Hit the Atmosphere, Counting Crows (1999)
…are made up of cells.
Living things…
Unicellular
Multicellular
Amoeba (Amoeba sp.)
Human (Homo sapiens)
Living things…
…reproduce.
Human sperm & egg cells
Hydra budding
Binary fission of Paramecium
Sexual Asexual
Living things…
…grow and develop.
Onion (Allium cepa) cells
Living things…
…obtain and use energy.
Living things…
…respond to their environment.
Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena sp.)
Living things…
Jackrabbit (Lepus sp.)
…respond to their environment.
Living things…
…are capable of movement.
Paramecium sp. Plant seedlings
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Living things…
…are based on a universal genetic code.
Living things…
…as a group, change over time.
ORGANISM ENVIRONMENT
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Bacterialendospore
Silky anteater(Cyclopes didactylus)
References
• Main reference
Miller, K.R. and Levine, J. (1995). Biology. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
• Other references– Miller, K.R. and Levine, J. (2002). Biology. Upper Saddle
River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
– Solomon, E.P., Berg, L.R., Martin, D.W., and Villee, C. (1993). Biology (3rd ed.). Fort Worth: Saunders College Publishing.
Image Sources
• Slide 2
– Brain cell > http://www.scienceclarified.com/Bi-Ca/Brain.html
– Amoeba > http://www.btinternet.com/~stephen.durr/amoebaproteus.html
– Homer Simpson > http://www.simpsonstrivia.com.ar/wallpapers/homer-simpson-wallpaper-brain.htm
• Slide 3– Human sperm & egg cells >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/health_ivf_step_by_step/img/1.jpg
– Paramecium > http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/1-OLIH023P.GIF
– Hydra > http://www.microscope-microscope.org/gallery/Mark-Simmons/images/hydra2.jpg
• Slide 4– Onion cells > http://tosaweb.ncsd.k12.wy.us/faculty/lbell/Cell%20Division/Images/fig12x9onion.jpg
– Mosquito life cycle > http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/mosquitoes/moslifecycle.jpg
• Slide 5– Metabolism poster > http://www.pnas.org/content/103/2/425/F3.large.jpg
• Slide 6– Blue-ringed octopus > http://www.underwater.com.au/content/5192/blue_ringed_octopus.jpg
Image Sources
• Slide 7
– Jackrabbit > http://www.wildhorizons.com/images/Jackrabbit_Ears.jpg
• Slide 8
– Cheetah > http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/felins/High%20Velocity,%20Cheetah.jpg
• Slide 9– DNA >
• Slide 10
– Polar bear > http://climateprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/polar-bear-tongue.jpeg
– Endospore > http://www.apsnet.org/education/illustratedglossary/PhotosE-H/endospore.jpg
– Silky anteater > http://www.projectamazonas.com/Images/Flora&Fauna/FloraFaunaGalleries/mammals%20edentates/ Cyclopes%20didactylus%2004.jpg
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