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Characteristic of Living Things - Coggle Diagram
Characteristic of Living Things
Maintains homeostasis
All organisms have a range of tolerance for various factors
water, energy, temp
Must keep internal conditions stable to stay alive
Example: when you drink too much water, you pee out the extra.
Example: if you sit outside in the snow, your body will shiver to make heat.
Reproduce
Asexual (alone)
Sexual ( takes 2)
Made of Cells
Multicellular
made of one cell
Unicellular
made of many cells
Has organization
Unicellular
within one cell, there are different functions
Nucleus
Mitochondriad
Multicellular
Tissues, organs, organ systems
All work together to keep the organism alive
Responds to stimuli
Animals
response = takes action; eat, drinks, sleeps
stimuli = hot, cold, hungry, thirsty, tired
plants
response = grows bigger
stimuli = sun, water
Grows and Develops
Unicellular - gets bigger in size
Multicellular - Baby -> Adult
Requires energy
plants
Photosynthesis to make their own suger (for food)
Animals
consumes other plants or animals for food
Adapt over time
Changes to help the organism survive
Example for humans: light eyes, dark skin