Characteristics of living things

DO NOW: October 1

What makes something living?

Is the candle alive?

3 Similarities-3 Differences

All Living Things have NEEDS

Materials-water, oxygen

Energy-food, sun (plants)

Living Space-somewhere to get materials and energy

Living Things have CHARACTERISITCS

Organized-cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism

Growth-to become larger

Reproduce-create more, avoid extinction

Environment, Respond-ability to change as the environment changes.

M.E.L. the O.G.R.E

DO NOW October 3

How are living things organized?

Why do living things need to reproduce?

A brown chameleon moves into a tree and changes color to green. What characteristic of living things in this behavior?

The Cell Theory

All living things are made up of one or more cells

Cells carry out all basic life functions

All cells come from other cells

Francisco Redi

Believed in spontaneous generation-living things (bacteria) can come from non-living things.

Why did he think this?

Louis Pasteur

Disproved Redi’s theory of spontaneous generation

Developed the process of pasteurization

Pasteur's Life

Exit Ticket

How does the theory of spontaneous generation and the cell theory disagree?