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Biology

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Is the study of living things(organism)

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Mrs Ferg

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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 do not move from place to place.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 with food to get energy

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Sensitivity

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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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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. Animals excrete carbon dioxide,water,urea and salts

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Reproduction

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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. Holds cell contents in place and controls what passes into and out of the cell.

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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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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,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 are called invertebrates

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Vertebrates

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Animals that have a backbone are called vertebrates.
Vertebrates are usually bigger and more complex than invertebrates

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