Characteristics of Living Things - Kristen Perakis | Library

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Check all items that you think are living.

Is a "living thing" the same as something that is "alive"?

There is a distinction between the terms "living things" and alive" . To say that something is alive means that it is currently living, and it generally refers to a whole organism. Living things make a a broader category that includes things that were once alive (but are now dead) as well as parts of things that are or once were alive?

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What is the difference between living things and something that is alive?

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Name at least one thing, that has some of the 6 characteristics, but not all of them...

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Give another example of a living thing responding to their environment.

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What is another example of something an organism does for homeostasis.

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