Characteristics Of Life Flashcards
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Life:
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Organised, Nutrition, Excretion, Response, Reproduction
2
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Organisation
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Means that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems
3
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Nutrition
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The way organisms obtain and use food
4
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Primary source of nutrition/food
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The sun
5
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Excretion
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The removal of waste products of metabolism from the body
6
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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
7
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Reproduction
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The production of new individuals
8
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Continuity of Life
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Means that living things arise from other living things of the same type
9
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Metabolism
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Is the sum of all the chemical reactions in an organism
