Living Things And Cells Flashcards
Biology
Is the study of living things
Movement
Animals can move from place to place
Plants do not move from place to place when they grow or when a flower opens and closes its petals
What is an Organism?
Jude
What is MRSFERG?
movement respiration sensitivity feeding excretion reproduction growth
What is Respiration
Respiration is the way living things get energy. They take in oxygen and mix it with food to get energy.
What is sensitivity
Sensitivity is the ability to react to changes in the environment. Animals will run away from danger, a plant will grow towards light.
What is feeding
When you eat what
Animals do not make their own food
They get their food by eating plants and other animals. Plants make their own food.
Excretion
Is the removal of waste made in the body animals excrete carbon dioxide,water,urea and salts
Reproduction
Is being able to make new individuals of the same kind E.G. babies ,new plants, puppies
Growth
Results from cell division
Cell membrane
Very thin layer that surrounds the cell. Holds cell contents in place and controls what passes into and out of the cell
Nucleus
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 cell membrane
Mitochondria
The thing where you do the thing and they go brrrrrrr
Cell wall
Found outside the cell membrane of a plant cell. Gives strength to the cell.
