Classification of Living Things

Characteristics of Life

Cells- most basic unit of life. *Unicellular/MulticellularEx. Animal, Plant, Bacteria

Chemicals of LifeCarbs Proteins

Lipids Nucleic Acids

EnergyAnimals

• Eat Food• Cell Respiration

• Metabolism

Plants Collect Sunlight Photosynthesis

Respond to Environment• React to outside factors

• Example: Birds Migrate, Shivering in Cold

Grow and Develop• Start at a small size and

grow larger and develops in order to survive.

• Example-1. Baby -> Adult2. Seed -> Plant

Reproduction- create new living organismsAsexual

• 1 parent/ 2 identical offspring

Sexual• 2 parents/ 1 genetic

different offspring

Types of Life