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Class Topics Hand in “How are SI Length Measurements Made?” before the bell rings Review for Quiz Notes Characteristics of living things Organization of living things It is a rough road that leads to the height of greatness. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD) Learn about living things. Class Assignments How are SI measurements made? 8/24/06 W.S. 1.1 (Quiz, Martian) 8/28/06 Lab Safety and equipment quiz 8/28/06 Chapter 1 Quiz 1 8/30/06 Due this class period Due next class period Due in the future Grade Sheet Quiz – Lab Safety and Equipment Identify and explain symbols Identify equipment Questions about safety rules Locations of safety equipment What Are Characteristics of Life? (7) Cells Reproduce Obtain and use energy Homeostasis Heredity Evolution Interdependence Flow of energy Energy flow Sun Autotroph Heterotroph Herbivore, omnivore Heterotroph Omnivore, carnivore Heterotroph detrivore Homeostasis Maintaining a stable internal environment Responding to external factors Examples Cold Hot Heredity Pass on traits to offspring Gene Basic unit of heredity Composed of DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid Changes to heredity Mutation Most harmful, others helpful Sickle cell anemia Heredity Mutations (cont.) Germ cells Egg and sperm cells Somatic cells Body cells Evolution Change in the inherited traits of species over generations Species – genetically similar organisms that can have fertile offspring Natural selection Organisms with favorable genes produce more offspring More likely to survive Interdependence Organisms live and interact with others and their environment Same species and other species Ecology Branch of science that studies interactions of organisms and their environment Video Clips The Characteristics of Living Things Characteristics of Living Things (TLC) Organization Atoms Molecules Organelles Cells Tissues Organs Systems Organization Organisms Populations Communities Ecosystems Biome Biosphere - life zone of all living things 8km up and 8