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To stay alive, all living things must do 4 things:
1. Exchange gasses. For humans, it is breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide. If we do not do this, we die in minutes. For plants, they release oxygen, and take in carbon dioxide. For microbs, such as a paramesium, you exchange gasses through microscopic holes in the cell.
2. Eliminate waste. In other words, go potty. It may sound silly but your body would not do well if you didn't do this. You also can eliminate waste with flatulance. If you refuse to go, you hold it in and get that unpleasnt feeling. Then you feel you back side starting to hurt, where your kidneys are located. Then your organs shut down. This is a painful death i would suggest to no body. In all this processs, you would have only hours to live.
3. Water. Everyone knows you can drink it, but also you can eat it through different foods. In micro organisims (microbs), they get water through the microscopic holes I mentioned before. In plants, they get it through the grounnd from the roots. Without water, humans would only have days.
4. Energy. For humans, food. Of course, we humans eat. Some micro organisims, such as a paramesium have a "gullet" where food comes in. In plants, they get it through a process called "photosynthesis", where sunlight comes to the plant, and the chlorophil makes the sunlight into food. This explains the green color of plants.
(Please note these are in the order of need for a HUMAN. Plants, fungi, bacteria and proteista differ in needs.)
Also there are 3 things a living thing can do, but doesnt need to.
1. Grow. I don't need to explain this.
2. Move. Neither this one.
3. Respond to encironment. This is talking, gestures, alot of different things.
Hope This helps!!
Nannie Keeling
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∙ 9y agoAll living things have cells as well as:
- movement
- growth
- breathing
- feeling
- reproduction
- eating
- get rid of waste
- responsiveness to stimuli
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∙ 14y agoALL living things need water to drink, food or something to eat, breathe, of course living to live, and they need to have adapted to their enviroment.
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∙ 12y agoReproduce
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∙ 13y agoreproduce
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5 Characteristics of living things?
All living things are made of cells, all living things ether need or produce oxygen, all living things reproduce, all living things make and use energy, and all living things adapt to their enviorment.
Which are made of matter living things only some living and all nonliving things both living and nonliving things?
All are made from matter.
What are living things that respond to energy?
all living things use energy
List the characteristics of living things?
All living things are made of cells.All living things require and use energy.All living things grow, develop, reproduce and repair themselves.All living things produce wasteAll living things respond and adapt to their environment.All living things have a life span.Characteristics of all living things:1. Living things are made up of cells.2. Living things reproduce.3. Living things grow and develop.4. Living things obtain energy and use energy.5. Living things respond to their environment.
What must you do to be called alive in science?
There are four things that determine if something is living. They are: 1)All living things obey the laws of chemistry and physics. 2)All living things use DNA. 3)All living things require energy. 4)All living things are made up of cells.
5 Characteristics of living things?
All living things are made of cells, all living things ether need or produce oxygen, all living things reproduce, all living things make and use energy, and all living things adapt to their enviorment.
What are the basis of all living things?
All the known living things are water-based. Also all the living things have the following features in common: 1. Living things are highly organized. 2. All living things have an ability to acquire materials and energy. 3. All living things have an ability to respond to their environment. 4. All living things have an ability to reproduce. 5. All living things have an ability to adapt.
What are the four life functions of all living things?
All living things: grow and develop All living things: use energy All living things: reproduce All living things: get rid of waste All living things: adapt to changes in their environment
What are the characteristics of life?
All living things growAll living things reproduceAll living things exhibit variationsAll living things respond to certain stimuliAll living things need and use energyAll living things have an intricacy of formAll living things maintain homeostasisThere are 6 characteristics of life. 1. All living things have cells. 2. All living things have essential chemicals. 3. All living things use energy. 4. All living things respond to stimuli. 5. All living things reproduce. 6. All living things grow and develop. Living things are made of cells.Living things obtain and use energy.Living things grow and develop.Living things reproduce.Living things respond to their environment.Living things adapt to their environment.
6 characteristics of living things explain?
1) All living things are made up of cells. 2) All living things reproduce.3) Living things respond to their environment.4) Living things adapt to their environment.5) Living things grow.6) Living things consume energy.Hope this helps=D
Do all living things have 5 basic life function?
no
What is the biological sciences of activities that all living things carry out?
If you mean the 8 things all living things have in common, they are as follows: 1) All living things are highly organized and contain many complex chemical substances. 2) All living things contain one or more cells. 3) All living things use energy. 4) Living things have a definite form and have a limited size. 5) Living things grow. 6) Living things respond to changes in the environment. 7) Living things can reproduce. 8) Living things eventually die.
What are the 5 characteristics all living things share?
All living things exhibit these characteristics: 1. They are made of cells. 2. They obtain and use energy. 3. They grow and develop. 4.They reproduce. 5. They respond to their environment.
What are the 6 characteristics of living things are?
All living things are made of cells. All living things require and use energy. All living things grow, develop, reproduce and repair themselves. All living things produce waste All living things respond and adapt to their environment. All living things have a life span.
What are the 4 needs of all living things?
living things need things: 1 water 2 food 3 space 4 shelter 5 air
What are 5 characteristics thast all living things share?
All living things must grow/develop, reproduce, respond to stimulus, consume and produce energy, and have cells
What do all living things do?
Considering that plants are also living things we all need oxygen, so all living things breath.
