NATURE OF LIFE (NOL) NOTES

A)CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING

THINGS (COLT)

1) They are made of cells.

2) They can sense and respond to change.

3) They reproduce.

4) They have DNA.

5) They use energy.

6) They grow and develop.

B)NEEDS OF LIVING THINGS (NOLT)

1) Food

2) Water

3) Air

4) A Place to Live

C) DETAILS REGARDING NEEDS OF LIVING THINGS:

FOOD provide

s:MATERIALS: to build and repair parts.

ENERGY: to do the work of gathering materials, building and repairing parts.

WATERTRANSPO

RTS MATERIALS: such as food and energy supplies.

ENABLES CHEMICAL REACTIONS: the body needs water for its chemical reactions that help it grow and repair itself.

AIR contai

ns:OXYGEN: to enable living things to undergo respiration, which releases energy from food for cells use.

CARBON DIOXIDE: used by producers to make food.

LIVING SPACEIs needed so creatures can

continually get the following:

FOOD

WATER

AIR

D. Chemistry of Living Thingsatoms

compounds/molecules

inorganic compounds

minerals

organic compounds

carbohydrates

proteins

lipids nucleic acids

DNA RNAfats & oils

starch sugars made of

amino acids

C) QUESTIONS REGARDING NEEDS OF LIVING THINGS:

1) What does FOOD provide to

living creatures?

2) Why do living things need WATER?

3) What does AIR contain that

is so important to living things?

4) Why do creatures need LIVING SPACE?