Living Things Flashcards
Ms Ferg
Movement Respiration Sensitivity Feeding Excretion Reproduction Growth
Movement
Animals move from place to place. Plants open and close petals, and turn to face the sun
Respiration
Respiration is the release of energy from food.
Plants and animals need this to stay alive.
Sensitivity
Living things are aware of what is around them.
Animals can react quickly.
Plants react to light, water and gravity slowly.
Feeding
Plants make their own food.
Animals need to eat plants or other animals to get energy.
Excretion
Excretion is the removal of wastes that have been 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.
Reproductive
Making babies/ little versions of themself
Growth
Growing taller throughout your life
Animals
Can move.
Cannot make their own food.
Divided into invertebrates and and vertebrates.
VERTEBRATES have a backbone e.g human, dog, fish, birds.
INVERTEBRATES do not have a backbone e.g. worms, insects, snails.
Plants
Fixed in one position.
Make their own food (photosynthesis).
Know the difference between them by studying their leaves and flowers