“WHAT IS LIFE?”

Presentation by: Briana Shelton and Chadaysha Brogdon

Thursday, April 22, 2011

SEVEN CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE:

1. Cellular Organization: all living things (organisms) are made of one or more cells.

2. Reproduction: necessary to carry on the species.

3. Metabolism: the use and maintenance of energy (sum of all chemical reactions).

4. Homeostasis: Internal control and balance.

5. Heredity: passing of genetic material from parent to offspring.

6. Responsiveness: reacting to a stimulus.

7. Growth and Development: develops in stages.

ANIMAL KINGDOM:SNAIL

PLANT KINGDOM:BUSH

FUNGI KINGDOM:FUNGUS ON A TREE

BACTERIA KINGDOM:GERMS ON A CAR DOOR HANDLE

PROTIST KINGDOM:PROTISTS IN A DRAIN PIPE

COMMON NAME: CHINCHILLA

Kingdom •Animalia

Phylum •ChordataClass •MammaliaOrder •RodentiaFamily •MuridaeGenus •Euneomys

Species •fossor

COMMON NAME: CHINCHILLA Scientific name: Euneomys fossor The diet of a chinchilla is roots, bark, and cactus. They are

herbivores The chinchilla reproduces sexually. There are usually 1-3 kits per

litter. The purpose of a chinchilla is to be a consumer and to reproduce. Chinchillas live in Chile in the Andes Mountains. They live on slopes

at elevations from 10,000 feet to 16,500 feet. They live in crevices between rocks and in caves. It is very cold where they live, so they have their very think fur for a reason. Also, they live in herds.

The size range is: Males: 400-500 grams Females: 400-600 grams

Interesting facts: Doesn’t bathe in water, but in dust instead. They are born with their eyes open. They are nocturnal. They are on the endangered species list.

COMMON NAME: CHINCHILLA

COMMON NAME: BRITISH SOLDIER

Kingdom •Fungi

Phylum •AscomucotaClass •LetonoromycetesOrder •LecanoralesFamily •CladoniaceaeGenus •CladoniaSpecie

s •Cladonia cristatella

COMMON NAME: BRITISH SOLDIERS The British Soldier is a producer, it makes its own

food. It is a multicellular organism and it is a eukaryote. They make their own food from water and carbon

dioxide through photosynthesis. The normal size of a British Soldier is only about ¼

inch high (6mm). To reproduce they travel by wind and start a new

fungus. They reproduce asexually. The environmental significance of this organism is

they take nitrogen from the air and put it into the soil, so plants can use it.

Their habitat is they grow on decaying wood, soil, mossy logs, tree bases, and stumps.

Two interesting facts about a British Soldier is: Lichens spread mostly by small pieces of their body

being blown around. They get their name from the uniform that British

Soldiers wore in the Revolutionary War.

WORKS CITED www.chinchillaplanet.com/chinchilla-fact

s/ Chinchillafacts.net/ www.chinnitude.com/facts.htm www.encyclopedia.com/topic/chinchilla.

aspx www.fieldtripearth.org/article