We can use the word RINGER to memorize the characteristic of living things.
Respiration - the ability to breathe and respire.
Irritability - the ability to detect and react to stimulus
Nutrition - taking in nutrients (eg. Food) for energy to growth, repair etc
Growth - the permanent increase in size and mass
Excretion - to get rid of toxic, waste or excess materials
Reproduction - to make more of that organism.
In addition, there is also movement, which is an action which causes a change in place or position.
Only the organisms with these characteristics are categorized as living things.
The combination of your taste buds and the smell of food is what makes your brain recognize a taste. When you have a cold, your nose gets clogged and you can't smell as well as you normally can, so in your head, foods don't taste the same because you're not getting the normal amount of "taste information" from your nose".
Two pints of ice cream costs $12.
Two cell divisions: Meiosis
DNA replication: Mitosis
Chromosomes pair up: Meiosis
Spindle fibers form: Mitosis
One cell division: Mitosis
Cytokinesis: Meiosis
Four daughter cells: Meiosis
I hope this helped!