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Living Things and the cell Flashcards

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Organism

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The name for a living thing

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Cells

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What all living things are made up of

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Characteristics of living things

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Nutrition
Respiration
Excretion
Growth
Reproduction
Movement
Response
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Nutrition

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The way in which living things get and use their food

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Respiration

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The way in which living things get energy

Food + oxygen = energy + carbon dioxide + water

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Excretion

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Excretion is getting rid of waste made in the cells

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Growth

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Growth results from cells dividing

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Reproduction

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Reproduction is being able produce new individuals of the same kind

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Movement

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All living things can move

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Response

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Response is the ability to react to change in the environment

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Uses of plants

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The produce food for themselves and other living things
They provide shelter for animals
They take in carbon dioxide

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Vertebrates

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Animals with a backbone

Humans, birds, frog, fish

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Invertebrates

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Animals without a backbone

Earthworks, jellyfish, crabs

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Uses of animals

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Provide food for animals and humans
Provide materials for clothes
Sports depend on the, horse racing

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Cell membrane

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Surrounds and protects the cell

Controls what enters and leaves the cell

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Cytoplasm

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Watery substance

Contains dissolved substances (protein and sugars)

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Nucleus

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Contains DNA which forms a set of instructions on how the cell will work
Controls the type of chemicals the cell will make

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Plant cells

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Have a cell wall outside the cell membrane to give support and shape
Have chloroplasts which hold chlorophyll to make food
Large vacuoles to hold things and give support

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Animal cells

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No cell wall
No chloroplasts
Small vacuole

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Tissue

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Group of similar cells with the same function
Human : skin tissue
Animal : transport tissue

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Organ

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Many different tissues working together
Heart
Lead

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System

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A group of organs working together
Digestive system
Shoot system

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