Ch.3.1 Flashcards
Things are categorised into two groups:
1.
2.
- Living things
2. Non-living things
Seven vitals of living things to sustain life: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
- Nutrition
- Respiration
- Movement
- Growth
- Sensitivity
- Excretion
- Reproduction
_________________ is necessary to ensure the continuous survival of living things.
Reproduction
Living things need nutrients for _____________ and ______________. Nutrients include ______________, ___________, ______________…
Energy, health
Minerals, food, vitamins
Plants make their own food by ____________________.
Photosynthesis
Living things need to carry out ______________ ___________________.
_______________, not our lungs, carry out this.
Cellular respiration
Cells
Plants do ______ _______________
Animals ________________
(Related to breathing ;))
Gas exchange
Breathe
______________=Living things use the __________ in the air to _________ ________ _________ and ___________ ____________
Oxygen
Break down food
Provide energy
Respiration
Animals can stop breathing, but they cannot stop __________ __________ ______________ ______ _____________.
Cells from carrying out respiration
Living things can ____________:
Animals _____________, while plants show this by _______________
Move, move, growing
Living things can __________
Eg from a tadpole to a frog
Grow
Living things can _________ and __________ to ______________ in the environment.
Humans have ____ ___________, and plants show sensitivity by ____________.
Detect, react, stimuli, 5 senses, growth
Living things remove _____________ from their bodies.
Egestion->faeces
Waste
Urine contains __________, which is extra ___________ and ____________
Urea, protein, water
Plants excrete __________.
Waste in plants is stored in ___________.
The waste is removed when ____________________________________.
Oxygen
Leaves
The leaves fall off
Living things produce the ________ ______________ by reproduction.
Next generation
Living things cannot live forever; they die from ____________, ________ __________ or are ___________ _____ __________ _______________ ___________.
Therefore, living things must reproduce so that they will not _________ ___________.
Disease, old age, eaten by other living things
Die out
Reproduction is necessary to ensure the ____________ ______________ of living things.
Continuous survival
Plants cycle: ________=>_____________=>_______________=>_____________________
Seed, flower, pollination, fruit
Non-living things may have some functions similar to the _________ ___________ _______ ____________ ____________, but not all of them.
Eg a self-driving car even has some sensors and a computer that detect and react to stimuli on road. However, it does not ______ or ________________
Vital functions of living things, grow, reproduce
Scientists estimate that there may be as many as ________________________ kinds of living things on Earth.
There are more than ___________________ kinds of animals and _____________________ kinds of plants on Earth.
100 million, 1250000, 320000
Living things are also called ______________.
Organisms
Three types of living things: 1. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Eg mould 2. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Eg blue whale, ostrich 3. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Eg fern, Rafflesia arnoldii’s flower
Microorganisms, animals, plants
There is a wide variety of living things on earth, from small _______________________ that can only be seen by a _____________________ to large ______________ and _______________.
Microorganisms, microscopes, animals, plants
