Characteristics of Living Things
1. Movement - self initiated change in position, motion of internal parts
2. Responsiveness - Ability to sense changes and react to them
3. Growth - increase in body size
4. Reproduction - Parents produce offspring / passing DNA to new individuals
5. Respiration - Obtaining oxygen (O2), using it to release energy from food substances, and getting rid of wastes
6. Digestion - Chemically changing (breaking down) food substances, and getting rid of wastes
7. Absorption - Passage of Digested products (food substances) through membranes and into body fluids
8. Circulation - Movement of substances throughout the body
9. Assimilation - Changing absorbed substances into chemically different substances
10. Excretion - Removal of wastes
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