What is Life?

Jihanna Lane and Tevin Smith

7 Characteristics of Life

• Cellular Organization• Reproduction• Metabolism• Homeostasis• Heredity• Responsiveness• Growth and

development

ClassificationsBengal Tiger Silver MapleKingdom: AmimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: CarnivoraFamily: FelidaeGenus: PantheraSpecies: Panthera tigris

Kingdom: PlantaePhylum: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaOrder: SapindalesFamily: AcceraceaeGenus: AcerSpecies: Acer

sacharinum

Bengal Tigers

Silver Maple

Facts

Bengal Tigers• How many cells: multicelluar• Structure of cell: eukaryotes• Role in community:

heterotroph• Diet(carnivores):40 lbs. of

meat a day, then they don’t eat for several days.(wild boars, monkeys, buffalo, wild oxen and chital)

• Environmental significance: consumers (carnivores)

Silver Maple• Multicelluar• Eukaryotes• Autotroph• (makes own food)

• producer

Bengal TigersSizes: males- 396 – 569 lbs;

8’11 to 10’2 in. long| females- 220-352 lbs; 7’10 -8’9 inches long

Reproduction: sexuallyHabitat: swamps, deserts,

grasslands, forestsInteresting fact: Tigers that

are commonly used in the circusNot all are white(it’s a

mutation)

Up to 80 ft. high

AsexuallyWaterways and

wetlandsCan be a home to

woodpeckersFood to white tail deer

Fact cont.

Silver Maple

Bengal Tiger• Animalia• No cell wall• Sexual• Heterotroph• motile

White Maple• Planta• Cell wall• Asexual• Autotroph• sessile

1. Made of cells

2. Reproduce3. Heredity4. Responds

to a stimulus

5. Metabolism6. Homeostasi

s7. Grows and

develops8. Mutilcelluar9. Eukaryotic

Questions

1) Are white bengal tigers their own species? Why or why not?

2) What kingdom is the Silver Maple in?3) How many pounds of meat does a

bengal tiger eat?4) Do bengal tigers or silver maples have

a common ancestor based on their classifications?

5) Are tigers heterotroph or autotroph?

Works Cited

• www.frank.mtsu.edu• www.fcps.edu• www.animalplanet.com• www.indiantiger.org