Topic 1.) Characteristics of Living Organisms

Question 1

What are the seven characteristics for every living organism?

Answer 1

MRS GREN
1. Movement
2. Respiration
3. Sensitivity
4. Growth
5. Reproduction
6. Excretion
7. Nutrition

Question 2

What is movement?

Answer 2

An action that changes the organisms position or location.

Question 3

What is respiration?

Answer 3

The chemical reaction that happenes in every living cell.
Nutrients are broken down to release energy.
The enrrgy can be used to fuel other reaction of metabolism.

Question 4

What is sensitivity?

Answer 4

The organism has a way to sense stimuli, externally and internally from the environment and make appropriate responses.

Question 5

What is growth?

Answer 5

The permanent increase in size and dry mass of the organism.
This can either be increase size of cells or cell number or both.

Question 6

What is reproduction?

Answer 6

Increasing the number of the same kind of organism.

Question 7

What is excretion?

Answer 7

Toxic substances and waste products of chemical reactions are removed from the organism.

Question 8

What is Nutrition?

Answer 8

all living organisms need to take in nutrients like food, water, and sunlight in order to live.