Living Things Flashcards
What is nutrition
Nutrition is the way a living thing gets its food.
What’s respiration
Respiration is the release of energy from food.
Living things break down food in their cells to supply themselves with energy.
What is excretion
Excretion is the removal from the body of the waste products
Explain growth
Growth means that the organism gets bigger.
If a living thing is made of only one cell then growth means that cell gets bigger.
For living things made of many cells (such as humans and trees) growth involves dividing to form new cells.
What is reproduction
Reproduction is the formation of new living things.
Explain movement
The ability to move
What is response
Response means reacting to changes in the surroundings.
Reacting to a stimulus
What is an organism
A living thing.
Ex: human
Name the two groups that living things are in
Animals and plants
Name three differences between animals and plants
Animals:Move from place to place
Plants:Do not move from place to place
Animals:Do not make their own food.
Plants:Make their own food
Animals:Do not carry out photosynthesis
Plants:Carry out photosynthesis
Animals:Do not have chlorophyll
Plants:Have chlorophyll
Animals:Are non-green
Plants:Are green
Animals:Do not have cell walls
Plants:Have cell walls
What do you call animals that don’t have a backbone
Invertebrates
What do call animals that do have a backbone
Vertebrates
Name some Invertebrates
Spider, snail, crab, slug, worm, bee
Name some vertebrates
Dog, bird, fish, human, snake, elephant
What are the seven things that all living things have in common.
nutrition respiration excretion growth reproduction movement response.
