Living Things And Cells Flashcards
Biology
Is the study of living things
MRSFERG
Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Feeding
Excretion
Reproduction
Growth
Orginisms
Living things
Movement
Animals can move plants can not
Respiration
Is the way living things get energy, they take oxygen and mix it with food to get energy
Feeding
Animals do not make their own food. They get their food by eating plants and other animals.
Plants make their own food
Photosynthesis
The way in which plants make food.
Using a green dye called chlorophyll. This is why plants are green
Excreation
The removal of waste made in the body
Reproduction
Being able to make new individuals of the same kind
Growth
Results from cell division
Cell membrane
Very thin layer that surrounds the cell. Hold cell contents in place and controls what comes into and out of the cell
Nucleus
Is normally round. It acts as the control centre of the cell. It has the DNA
Cytoplasm
The watery liquid found between the nucleus and the membrane
Mitochondria
Supply energy to the cell
Cell wall
Found outside the cell membrane of a plant cell. Gives strength to the cell