Characteristics of Living Things
This is something all living things do to become bigger or older.
This part of a plant absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
Root
Animals with a backbone are called this.
VERTEBRATES
In a food chain, this type of organism makes its own food.
producers
Fungi are considered living things because they do this, even though they are not plants or animals.
carry out life processes (grow, respond to stimuli, reproduce)
All living things need this to survive, along with food and air.
Water
The green part of the plant where food is made is called this.
Leaf
Animals without a backbone are called this.
invertebrates
These organisms eat other animals or plants.
consumers
Plants and animals depend on each other because they need each other for this.
food, oxygen, or survival
Living things can make more of themselves through this process.
Reproduction
The process plants use sunlight to make their food is called this.
Photosynthesis
Mammals are different from reptiles because they have this and usually give live birth.
hair/fur and live birth
These organisms break down dead plants and animals.
decomposers
If decomposers disappeared, this would happen to dead plants and animals.
dead matter would pile up and not break down
Unlike non-living things, living things can respond to this.
Change in environment / Stimulus
This is the part of the plant that helps it stand tall and transport water.
Stem
This helps polar animals survive in cold areas.
thick fur or fat
This is a system where living things interact with each other and their environment.
ecosystem
If all plants disappeared, this would happen to animals.
animals would die because there is no food
Two other basic characteristics of living things are these (besides growth and reproduction).
Movement and Respiration
One adaptation of desert plants that helps them survive with little water is this.
Storing water in leaves or stems
Camouflage helps animals survive by doing this.
hiding or blending in with surroundings
In this food chain, Grass → Rabbit → Fox → Fungi, this is the producer.
grass
Humans are part of an ecosystem because they interact with living things and this.
non-living things or the environment