unit 1-1 notes mr. hefti – pulaski biology living v. non-living
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Please make a t-chart that is about half a page in size in your notes and list the living and non-living things you are about to see in the appropriate columns.
Living Non-living
Is a fossil (6) alive?
These substances can be found in living things… does that mean they are living?
NaCl (7)
Iron (8)
Water (9)
What about the rocks (10)? The crayfish (11)?Pollutants (12)? Insects (13)? Moss (14)? Sunlight (15)?
Living Non-living(1) Bones(2) Algae(4) Freshly cut tree(5) Lichen(11) Crayfish(13) Insects(14) Moss(16) Honeybee
(3) Garbage(6) Fossil(7) NaCl(8) Iron(9) Water(10) Rocks(12) Pollutants(15) Sunlight(17) Honey(18) Viruses(19) Stump(20) Dirt(Free) Carcass
How did you do?
8 Characteristics of Life• Biologists characterize life by these functions:–Nutrition–Transport–Respiration– Excretion– Synthesis–Regulation–Growth–Reproduction
Biotic / Abiotic
• Biotic: living, once living, or from something livingExamples:
- Plants- Animals- Dead leaves- Bacteria- Scat (animal droppings)
Please make a t-chart in your notes (this time a quarter of a page) and list the biotic and abiotic factors in the following picture of a rotting log ecosystem. Use your imagination to identify things that just might be there…
Biotic Abiotic