Characteristics of life Flashcards
1
Q
10 characteristics features of living things
A
- Organisation
- Reproduction
- Responsiveness (sensitivity)
- Growth and development
- Feeding (nutrition)
- Excretion
- Movement
- Evolution
- Homeostasis
- Respiration
mrs h grante
2
Q
Organisation
A
In living things chemicals are packaged into highly organised structures.
Atoms - Chemical building blocks - Macromolecules - Organelles - Cells - Tissues - Organs - Organ systems - Organism (individual)
The name organism comes from the fact that they are highly organised
