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Living Things And Cells Flashcards

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Biology

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The study of living things

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Organisms

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Living things

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M.R.S.F.E.R.G

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Movement

Respiration

Sensitivity

Feeding

Excretion

Reproduction

Growth

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Movement

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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 plants make it is called photosynthesis

To make food thay 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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Results from cell division

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Cell membrane

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Very thin layer that surrounds the cell it 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 watery 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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Invertebrates

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Animals that do not have a backbone are called invertebrates

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Vertebrates

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

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Mitochondria

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Supply of 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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