| A | B |
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| Cellular basis of life | Living things are made up of cells |
| Information and heredity | Living things are based on a universal genetic code |
| Matter and Energy | Living things obtain and use material and energy that fuels life's processes |
| Reproduction | In one way or another, living things produce more individuals |
| Grow and develop | Newly produced individuals are almost always smaller and must grow and develop |
| Evolution | Living things evolve, or change over time |
| Evolutionary change | links all forms of life to a common origin or ancestor |
| Structure and function | Living things have structures that have evolved in ways that make particular functions possible. Example: wings on insects allow for them to fly |
| Unity and Diversity of life | Life has a variety of forms, but all living things are fundamentally the same on the smallest of levels (the molecular level) |
| Interdependence of nature | Organisms are linked to one another and to the land, water, and air around them |
| Biosphere | "living planet" |
| Science as a way of knowing | a way of knowing that involves the skills of observations, questions, and experiments to explain the natural world |
