Properties of Life
Homeostasis
The maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment.
Heredity
The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.
Evolution
The process of change by which new species develop from preexisting species over time.
Reproduction
The process of producting offspring.
Metabolism
The sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism.
Cellular Organization
A cell is the smallest unit capable of all life functions.
Homeostasis
All living organisms must maintain a stable internal environment in order to function properly (Things in balance).
Growth
All organisms grow. As organisms grow, many chage. This process is called DEVELOPMENT. Development differs from evolution because development refers to change in a single individual during that individual's life.
Cell
In biology, the smallest unit that can perform all life processes.
Heredity
It passes on its own traits to its offspring.
Metabolism
Living things carry out many chemical reations in order to obtain energy. Almost all of the energy used by living things originally comes from sunlight (Normal Temp-98.6 farenit,Height, weight).
Repsonsiveness
Maintaining a stable internal environment, living organisms also respond to their external environment (Ex- Photosynthesis & Cellualr respiration [CR] ).
Reproduction
Reproduction is the process by which organisms make more of their own kind from one generation to the next. (DNA & RNA).
