Living Things. Flashcards
7 characteristics of life
Movement,respiration,sensitivity,feeding,excretion,reproduction,growth
Remember : MRS FERG
Movement.
The ability of an organism to change position .
Respiration
Releasing energy from food
Sensitivity.
The ability of an organism to gather information and respond to it.
Feeding.
Getting food.
Excretion
The removal of toxic chemical substances from the body e.g. Carbon dioxide,urea (sweat and urine) and salt
Reproduction
Producing more organisms of the species
Growth.
The organism develops into an adult.
Vertebrates.
Have a backbone e.g. Humans
Invertebrates.
Have no backbone e.g. Earthworms.
Plants
Contain a green chemical called chlorophyll and can make their own food by photosynthesis
Key.
A set of questions to identify an animal or plant.