Living Things

2. a group of which all living things belong to
4. the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death
5. a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
7. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person
9. a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll

1. the condition or period of an animal or plant spending the winter in a dormant state
3. a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli
5. a living thing considered as the set of genes that it has, rather than what it looks like, how big it is etc
6. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
8. the basic building blocks of all living things