Living Things And Cells Flashcards

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Biology

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Is the study of living things.

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M R S F E R G

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M= Movement
R= Respiration
S= Sensitivity
F= Feeding
E= Excretion
R= Reproduction
G= Growth

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Movement

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Animals can move from place to place
Plants can’t move from place to place.
They mov when they grow or when a flower opens and closes it petals

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Respiration

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

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Organisms

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Another word for living things

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Sensitivity

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Is ability to react to changes in the environment . Animals will run away from danger,a plat will grow towed Light.

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Feeding

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Animals do not make their food. They get their food by eating plants and eating other animals.. abut plants make their own food

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Photosynthesis

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The way in plants make their food. They need a green dye called chlorophyll. This is why plants are green

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Excretion

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Is the removal of waste made in the body, form the body. Animals cerré carbon dioxide ,water ,urea,salt

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Reproduction

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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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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 placeand 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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Nuclues

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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 back bone is called a invertebrates e.g worm

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Vertebrates

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Animals that have a backbone is called vertebrates e.g dog. Vertebrates are normallly bigger and more complex animals thank invertebrates