Question

1. identify which graphic best shows growth and which best shows development.

a snowball grows when you roll it over fresh snow! why isnt it a living thing? the growth of the snowball is not internal. it does not grow by producing more cells like organisms. it just adds on more material to the outside. someone has to roll the snowball. it wont grow bigger by just sitting there and it certainly cannot change liquid water or solid ice into new snow from which it can grow larger. this is one of the differences between growth of a living thing and growth of a nonliving thing.

1. how is the growth of a living thing different from the growth of a nonliving thing?
2. obtain and use energy

energy is the ability to make things change. energy is important because it powers life processes. it provides organisms with the ability to maintain balance, grow, reproduce, and carry out other life functions. some organisms obtain energy from the foods they eat or, in the case of plants and several other types of organisms, the foods that they produce. organisms that get energy from the food they eat are called heterotrophs. organisms that use energy from the sun to make their own food (which they then use for energy) are called autotrophs. the process is called photosynthesis.
as youll learn, energy doesnt just flow through individual organisms; it also flows through communities of organisms, or ecosystems, and determines how organisms interact with each other and the environment.

1. define energy.

the ability to make thing change

1. why is energy important to a living organism?

Explanation:

1. The growth of a living thing occurs internally by cell - production, while non - living things grow by adding external material.
2. Energy is important to a living organism as it powers life processes like maintaining balance, growth, reproduction, and other life functions.

Answer:

1. The growth of a living thing is internal through cell production; non - living things grow by adding external material.
2. It powers life processes such as maintaining balance, growth, reproduction, and other life functions.