Characteristics Of Living Things

Question 0

Movement?

Answer 0

It must move look for legs, a tail etc

Question 1

What are the seven things a living thing must show?

Answer 1

MRS NERG: 
Movement
Reproduction
Sensitivity
Nutrition
Excretion 
Respiration
Growth

Question 2

Reproduction?

Answer 2

Can it produce offspring?

Question 3

Sensitivity?

Answer 3

Does it react if something touches it?

Question 4

Nutrition?

Answer 4

Does it need food to live?

Question 5

Excretion?

Answer 5

Does it let off waste?

Question 6

Respiration?

Answer 6

Does it have energy ie is it moving?

Question 7

Growth?

Answer 7

Is if growing?

Question 8

Use paper to draw an animal cell

Answer 8

Labels should be:
Nucleus
Cell membrane
Cytoplasm

Extra- mitochondria

Question 9

Use paper to draw a plant cell

Answer 9

Labels should be:
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Vacuole
Nucleus
Chloroplasts
Mitochondria

Question 10

Main plant organs?

Answer 10

Leaf
Flower
Stem
Root

Question 11

Which part of the plant contains the reproductive organs?

Answer 11

The flower

Question 12

Explain why the leaf is adapted to being the main organ to have the parts needed for photosynthesis.

Answer 12

It has a large surface area to absorb a lot of nutrients

It’s green because it contains lots of chloroplast which contain the green chemical chlorophyll

Question 13

List 8 organ systems

Answer 13

Muscular
Nervous
Skeletal
Digestive
Immune
Urinary
Circulatory
Respiratory

Question 14

Which organ system takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide

Answer 14

Respiratory

Question 15

What is the job of the rib cage?

Answer 15

It protects the lungs

Question 16

Which is the strongest bone in the human body?

Answer 16

Femur- all the weight from the upper part of your body rests on them.

Question 17

Explain how bone is adapted for its job

Answer 17

The outer layer is made of calcium carbonate which makes the bone extremely strong

Question 18

How are Polar Bears adapted for living in the Arctic?

Answer 18

• they have a thick layer of blubber which insulates them.
• their skin is black which absorbs heat
• their fur is tubes which trap air for insulation also.
• their rounded shape gives them a smaller surface area which reduces the amount of heat loss.

Question 19

How are cacti adapted for the desert?

Answer 19

• they lost their leaves to reduce to help them from losing water as the desert is hot and DRY.
• they have a swollen stem that can store water for an extremely long time.
• they have sounds to prevent predators from eating them.

Question 20

What does a kidney do?

Answer 20

A kidney filters the toxic waste in your blood which produces urine.

Question 21

What does the heart do?

Answer 21

It pumps blood around the body

Question 22

What does the brain do?

Answer 22

The brain controls walking, talking, breathing, our heart rate, walking, swallowing, our senses and so on.

Question 23

What do the loungs do?

Answer 23

They take carbon dioxide from your body and exchange it for oxygen.

Question 24

What does the stomach do?

Answer 24

The stomach stores chewed food for a short time. It releases enzymes to break down the food to

Question 25

What does the liver do?

Answer 25

The liver:
Cleans your blood
Produces an important digestive liquid called bile
Stores energy in the form of a sugar- glycogen

Question 26

What does the large intestine do?

Answer 26

10% of digestion takes place in the large intestine. It contains the un digested food from the small intestine. It then re absorbs water that is used in digestion and eliminates u digested food and fibre.

Question 27

What does the small intestine do?

Answer 27

90% of the digestion of food occurs in the small intestine. The small intestine absorbs nutrients and minerals.

Question 28

What does the bladder do?

Answer 28

It stores urine.