WHAT IS LIFE?

By:Brandon Locke

&Zakeyia Bacon

4/21/11

Seven Characteristics Of Life

1. Cellular Organization2. Reproduction3. Metabolism4. Homeostasis 5. Growth and Development6. Heredity7. Responsiveness

Teach Your CritterBrandon- Animal Kingdom

Spider- Animal Kingdom

Dogwood- Plant Kingdom

Tennis Ball- Bacteria

Water- Protist

Leaf - Fungi

Blue Footed Booby A multi-cellular organism that is

Eukaryote. Secondary consumer who diets mainly

consist of fish. Their habitat is located on the

continental coasts of the Eastern Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands and California.

32 inches long and weighs 3.3 lbs. The reproduce sexually and can lay between 2-3 eggs.

Main purpose is to keep fish from overpopulating

The Blue Footed Booby is that the males dance to impress females when they are ready to mate.

They also whistle out to the female to communicate.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Sulidae

Genus: Sula

Species: Sula nebouxii

Blue Footed BoobyThis is an image of a male Blue Footed booby who appears to be doing the mating dance to attract a potential mate.

Amoebas An amoeba is a

unicellular, microscopic, and an eukaryote organism.

It is found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats.

It reproduces asexually.

An amoeba is a secondary consumer and consumes it food by the process called phagocytosis. It eats bacteria and other smaller protist.

Its main purpose in life is to consume.

They are legendary as the ultimate “shape shifter” and also can be classified under many types of species.

Kingdom: ProtistPhylum: ProtozoaClass: SarcodinaSub-Class:Rhizopoda

Order:Amoebida

Family:Amoebidae

Genus:Ameoboba

Species:Ameoboba proteus

AmoebasThis is a micrograph of the amoeba.

Blue Footed Booby vs. Amoeba

Blue Footed Booby:Animal Kingdom

Multi-cellularNo Cell membrane

SexualHeterotroph

Motile

SimilarCellular

organizationReproductio

nMetabolismHomeostasi

sHeredity

ResponsiveGrowth and Developme

ntEukaryote

AmoebaProtist

Uni-cellularCell WallAsexual

Heteoroph-gets food by phagocytosis

Motile

POP QUIZ!

Question 1

Out of the following, which kingdom do the Blue Footed Booby belong to?a) Animiliab) Plantc) Protistd) Bacteria

Question 2

Why is an amoeba legendary?

Question 3

True/False: One interesting

fact about the Amoeba is that it can be classified under many types of species.

Question 4

What is a similarity between an amoeba and the blue footed booby?a) They both are

unicellular.b) They are

eukaryote. c) They both have

aquatic habitats.d) Both B and C.

Question 5

Which is a difference between the Blue Footed Booby and the Amoeba?a) They are

secondary consumers.

b) Their main purpose is to consume.

c) They eat the same food.

VS.

Thank You For Your Time!

Works Cited

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/kops_aman/classification.htm

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/blue-footed-booby/

http://www.esu.edu/~milewski/intro_biol_two/lab_8_protista/Protista.html

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep01/amoeba.html