Properties of Life

Properties of Life

Chapter 1 of the textbook highlights three key features of living things. First, explain these three features. Then, from the list below, choose TWO items that you consider to be alive and TWO others that you do not consider to be alive. Apply the properties of living organisms, found in the textbook, to justify your classification for each of the items you selected.

Choose From:

·  Acorn

·  Copy machine

·  Cloud

·  Virus

·  Atom

·  Siri

·  Mushroom

·  Coral

·  Sand dollar

·  Hamburger

Please use this template to complete this assignment.

Your completed assignment should be a minimum of 500 words in length.

Name: _____________________

Week 1 Assignment GS102

Date: ___________________

What are the three main characteristics of living organisms that the textbook highlights?

1. ___________________________

2._____________________________

3. ____________________________

 

From the list below, select TWO items that you consider alive, and two others that you do not consider to be living

 

         Acorn

         Mushroom

         Virus

         Atom

         Copy machine

         Siri

· Coral

· Cloud

 

         Sand dollar

         Hamburger

 

 

 

Apply the properties of living organisms from the textbook to justify your classification for each of the items you selected.

Living thing choice Number One: ______________

Here is how this living thing shows the properties of life:

 

Living thing choice Number Two: ________________

Here is how this living thing shows the properties of life:

 

 

 

Non-living thing choice Number One: _______________

Here are examples of why someone might think it is alive:

But here is evidence that is it not alive:

Non-living thing choice Number Two: _______________

Here are examples of why someone might think it is alive:

However, here is evidence that is it not alive:

 

 

References:

Starr, C., Evers, C. A., & Starr, L. (2016). Biology: Today & tomorrow without physiology.

Australia: Cengage Learning.