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Introduction
Features and Characteristics
Difference, Relationship, and Diversity
Classification
Scheme of Classification

Introduction

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What are living things?
What are non-living things?
Name two characteristics of living things.
Provide two examples of non-living things.

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Living things, also known as organisms, are entities that have life. They exhibit characteristics such as growth, movement, reproduction, and response to stimuli.
Non-living things are objects or substances that do not have life. They do not exhibit the characteristics of living things and include both man-made and natural objects like rocks, water, and machines.
Growth and movement.
Rocks and water

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Features and Characteristics

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List three characteristics of living things.
How do living things obtain energy.
Do non-living things grow or change on their own?
Why do living things need to excrete waste products?

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Movement, respiration, and growth.
Living things need food for energy and growth.
No, non-living things do not grow or change on their own.
To remove waste products from their bodies.

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Difference, Relationship, and Diversity

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What is one way in which living things depend on non-living things?
Give two examples of natural non-living things.
Name two types of micro-organisms.
How do non-living things form habitats for living things?

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Plants need water, sunlight, and minerals from soil.
Rocks and water.
Bacteria and viruses.
Non-living things like water bodies and soil form the habitats where living things reside.

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Classification

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What is classification?
Who developed the binomial nomenclature system?
Name on basis for classifying living things.
What does modern classification use to classify organisms?

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Classification is the systematic grouping of living and non-living things based on their similarities and differences.
Linnaeus.
Morphology (structure and form of organisms).
Evolutionary relationships and genetic information.

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Scheme of Classification

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What is the highest rank in traditional classification?
In modern classification, what is the rank above kingdom?
What does cladistics focus on for classification?
Give an example of a species classification.

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Kingdom
Domain
Classification based on common ancestry and branching points.
Homo sapiens

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