give an example for each of the following characteristics of life. 1. irritability 2.metabolism 3.organization 4.reproduction 5.evolution

Irritability means that an organism can sense and respond
to its environment. For example, most higher animals sense tissue injury as pain and
will attempt to withdraw from the source. Some plants show irritability as movement;
examples would be the closing of traps on a Venus fly trap or the leaf movements of a
sensitive plant.

Metabolism is the occurrence of basic life
processes. Examples are respiration, digestion of food, and
photosynthesis.

Organization is the way living things are
put together. An animal or plant has organ systems; each organ system is made up of
organs, the organs are made up of specific tissues, and the tissues are made of
cells.

Reproduction is the process of making more of your
own species. In plants, reproduction would be the process of forming seeds. In animals
it would involve laying eggs, which can be fertilized before they are laid (as in birds)
or after they are laid (as in fish and amphibians). In mammals eggs are fertilized
internally and then kept in the mother's body until the baby can survive in the outside
world.

Evolution is the change of a population due to
random mutations in DNA. Individuals do not evolve, but populations do. An example would
be how some species of bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics. Originally just
one or a few bacteria would have had the resistance, but if the population is exposed to
antibiotics, the individuals do are not resistant will die, and the resistant ones will
survive and reproduce. Over time the population will be made up entirely of resistant
individuals.