Living Things Flashcards
Movement
Means the ability of an organism to change position
7 characteristics of life
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Respiration
Releasing energy from food
Sensitivity
The ability of 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 and salt
Reproduction
Producing more organisms of the species
Growth
The organism develops into an adult
Vertebrates
Vertebrates -have a backbone e.g human
Invertebrates
Invertebrates - have no back bone e.g earthworm
Plants
Contains a green chemical called chlorophyll and can make their own food by photosynthesis
Key
A set of questions used to identify an animal or plant