Characteristics of a Living Thing
Criteria for life that says organisms need to contain this to be considered living.
What is Made of Cells?
Classified as an individual member of a species or population
What is an organism?
This step forms clouds due to water forming on dust particles
What is condensation?
Step in the carbon cycle that has plants taking in CO2 and making Glucose
This step takes atmospheric nitrogen and covers it into ammonia
What is Nitrogen Fixation?
In order to be considered living organisms, you must be able to respond to these external or internal factors.
What are stimuli?
Multiple individuals of the same species living together
What is a population?
This step has water collecting in areas above ground leading to the formation of puddles, ponds, lakes, etc.
What is Runoff?
The process in the carbon cycle that we as mammals do taking Glucose and making it into CO2
What is Cellular Respiration?
Bacteria take decaying matter and converts it into Nitrogen
What is decomposition
This is the genetic material that a living organism must contain in order to be considered living. (Hint: These are types of nucleic acids)
What is DNA and/or RNA?
This is our planet and all the biotic and abiotic factors on it
What is the Biosphere?
This step is where atmospheric pressure causes clouds to start dropping water from the sky
What is Precipitation?
This is the process of burning things to produce CO2
What is Combustion?
What is Ammonification
These are the two functions that an organism must be capable of in order to be considered living.
What are Growth and Reproduction?
Multiple populations of different species living together
What is a community?
This is the step where water molecules reach the temperature in order for it to turn into a gas and go into the atmosphere
What is Evaporation?
This process turns carbon from decomposed nutrients to Fossil Fuels
What is Fossilization?
Bacteria takes ammonia and converts it into usable nitrogen
What is Nitrification
Living organisms must be able to adapt to this specific thing
What is the environment?
this level recognizes multiple ecosystems that share similar characteristics, such as the amount of annual sunlight and precipitation, but are located in different parts of the planet
What is a Biome?
This step is the only one that directly involves living organisms, using it for nutrients and then causing it to evaporate into the atmosphere
What is Transpiration?
Taking wastes and dead matter and turning them into carbon molecules for the soil
What is Bacteria?
Living organisms must be able to do this process, which consists of both consuming energy and producing waste.
What is metabolism?
The same size as the community level, but includes abiotic factors surrounding the community
What is the Ecosystem?
What is Infilltration?
What is consumption?
What is Denitrification?