EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Big Ideas: All living things have certain traits in common: Cellular organization, the ability to reproduce, growth & development, energy use, homeostasis, response to their environment, and the ability to adapt.

Detailed explanation-2: -These characteristics are reproduction, heredity, cellular organization, growth and development, response to stimuli, adaptation through evolution, homeostasis, and metabolism. Something must have all 8 of these traits to be considered a living thing.

Detailed explanation-3: -All living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to the environment, reproduction, growth and development, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing. When viewed together, these eight characteristics serve to define life.

Detailed explanation-4: -Homeostasis = The maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment. Reproduction = The ability to form a new offspring. Metabolism = The ability to obtain and use. energy for growth and movement. DNA/Heredity = Genetic material that is passed on during reproduction.