Living Things And Cells Flashcards

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Biology

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Is the study of living things.

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Organisms

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Living Things

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MRSFERG

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Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Feeding
Excretion
Reproduction
Growth

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Movement

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Animals can move from place to place

Plants do not move,they move when they grow
or when a flower opens and closes its petals

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Respiration

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Respiration is the way living things get energy.
They take in oxygen and mix it with food to get energy.

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Sensitivity

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Sensitivity is the ability to react to changes in the environment.
Animals will run away from danger, a plant will grow towards light.

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Feeding

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Animals do make their own food

They get food by eating plants and other animals.
Plants make their own food.

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Photosynthesis

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The way in which plants make it is called photosynthesis.

To make food they need a green dye called chlorophyll.
This is why the plants are green.

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Excretion

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Excretion is the removal of waste made in the body,from the body.
Animals excrete carbon dioxide,water,urea and salts.

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Reproduction

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Reproduction is being able to make new individuals
of the same kind.Eg. Babies,new plants,puppies

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Growth

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Growth results from cell division

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Cell Membrane

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Very thin layer that surrounds the cell.
Holds cell contents in place and controls
what passes into and out of the cell.

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Cytoplasm

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The water liquid found between
the nucleus and the cell membrane

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Nucleus

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Is normally round.
It acts as the control centre
of the cell. It has the DNA

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Mitochondria

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Supply energy to the cell

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Cell wall

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Found outside the cell membrane
of a plant cell. Gives strength to the cell

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Vacuole

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Space containing water,sugar
And wastes - gives strength to the cell

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Chloroplasts

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Contain chlorophyll to help
make food using sunlight (photosynthesis)

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Invertebrates

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Animals that do not have a backbone

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Vertebrates

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Animals that have a backbone.
Vertebrates are normally bigger and
more complex animals are invertebrates.