Characteristics Of Life Flashcards

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Life:

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Organised, Nutrition, Excretion, Response, Reproduction

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Organisation

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Means that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems

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Nutrition

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The way organisms obtain and use food

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Primary source of nutrition/food

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The sun

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Excretion

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The removal of waste products of metabolism from the body

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Response

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The way in which living things react to changes (called stimuli) in their environment or surroundings

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Reproduction

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The production of new individuals

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Continuity of Life

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Means that living things arise from other living things of the same type

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Metabolism

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Is the sum of all the chemical reactions in an organism

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