Living Things Flashcards
MRS FERG stands for ?
Characteristics of living things :
M movement
R respiration
S sensitivity
F feeding
E excretion
R reproduction
G growth
MOVEMENT
Animals move from place to place
Plants open and close there petals and turn to face the sun
Respiration
Respiration is the release is energy from food
Sensitivity
Living things are aware of what is around them .
Animals can react quickly
Plants, react to light water and gravity very slowly
Feeding
Plants make there own food
Animals need to eat other animals to get energy
Excretion
Excretion is the removal of waste that have been made in the body of an animal or plant
Sweat, carbon dioxide, urine and water are excreted by animals
Water and oxygen are excreted by plants
Reproduction
Making a baby version of themselves
Growth
Getting bigger
Animals
Can move cannot make there own food
Divided into invertebrates and vertebrates
Vertebrates have a BACKBONE eg , human dog , fish ,birds
Invertebrates do not have backbones eg worms , snail , insects
Plants
In a fixed position
Make there own food and this is called photosynthesis