Living Things. Flashcards

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7 characteristics of life

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Movement,respiration,sensitivity,feeding,excretion,reproduction,growth

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Movement.

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The ability of an organism to change position .

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Respiration

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Releasing energy from food

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Sensitivity.

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The ability of an organism to gather information and respond to it.

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Feeding.

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Getting food.

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Excretion

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The removal of toxic chemical substances from the body e.g. Carbon dioxide,urea (sweat and urine) and salt

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Reproduction

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Producing more organisms of the species

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Growth.

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The organism develops into an adult.

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Vertebrates.

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Have a backbone e.g. Humans

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Invertebrates.

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Have no backbone e.g. Earthworms.

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Plants

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Contain a green chemical called chlorophyll and can make their own food by photosynthesis

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Key.

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A set of questions to identify an animal or plant.

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