LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -There are seven characteristics of living things: movement, breathing or respiration, excretion, growth, sensitivity and reproduction.

Detailed explanation-2: -The seven characteristics what makes an organism living are: Environmental responses, cells, change and growth, reproduction, having complex chemistry, and homeostasis and energy processing. Sometimes non-living things can portray some of the above characteristics, but a living being consists of all.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. Living things will exhibit all of these traits.

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.