Living Things Flashcards

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Biology

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Is the study of living things

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Living things

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Organism

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MRSFERG

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M-Movment
R-Respiration
S-Sensitivity
F-Feeding
E-Excretion
R-Reproduction
G-Growth

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Movement

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Animals can move from place to place

Plants do not move , they move when they grow or when a flower opens and closes its petals

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Respiration

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Respiration is the way living thing get energy they take in oxygen and mix it with food to get energy

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Sensitivity

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Is the ability to react to changes in the environment. Animals will run away from danger , a plant will grow towards light

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Feeding

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Animals do not make their own food.
They get their food by eating plants and other animals.plants make their own food

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Photosynthesis

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The way in witch plants make it is called photosynthesis
To make food they need a green dye called chlorophyll. This is why plants are green

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Excretion

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Is the removal of waste made in the body , from water. Animals excrete carbon dioxide , water , urea and salts

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Reproduction

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Is being able to make new individuals of the same kind. E.g. babies , new plants , puppies

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Growth

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Results from cell division

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