Living Things And Cells Flashcards

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Biology

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Is the study of living things

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Organism

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Living thing

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MRSFERG

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M movement
R respiration
S sensitivity
F Feeding
E excretion
R reproduction
G growth

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Movements

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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 not make their own food.
They get their 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 their food is called photosynthesis.
To make food they need a green dye called chlorophyll. This is why 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. E.g. 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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Nucleus

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Nucleus is normally round. It acts as the control centre of the cell. It’s has the DNA.

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Cytoplasm

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The watery liquid found between the nucleus and the cell membrane.

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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, sugars 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 are called invertebrates. E.g.worm

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Vertebrates

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Animals that have a backbone are called vertebrates. E.g. Dog.
Vertebrates are normally bigger and more complex animals than invertebrates.