Characteristics of Living Things

Objective: Identify characteristics of living things

KY Combined Curriculum Document & ACT Quality Core: SC-4-UD-U-1:Describe the biological criteria that need to be met in order for an organism to be considered alive

Kimberly Valerio 2009

Directions

• All livings things have common characteristics.

• Look in your textbook to find those 8 characteristics

• Identify each slide with the characteristic that fits

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Question

• Should movement be considered a characteristic of life? Explain.