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    Seven characteristics of living things -

    They can also be remembered as ‘ MRS. GREN ’!!!

    Movement - an action by an organism or part of an organism causing a change of position or

    place.

    1. Plants move slowly when they grow. Their roots move down into the soil and their

    leaves and stem move up towards the light.

    2. Most animals are able to move their whole bodies.

    Respiration - the chemical reactions in cells that break down nutrient molecules and release

    energy for metabolism.

    1. Breathing means taking in air rich in oxygen and giving out air rich in carbon dioxide with
    the help of respiratory organs.

    2. Animals - Breathing is exchanging respiratory gases between the environment and the
    lungs. The air we breathe in is transported to all body parts and ultimately to each cell.
    In the cells, oxygen in the air helps in the breakdown of food. The process of breakdown
    of food in the cell with the release of energy is called cellular respiration. Cellular
    respiration takes place in the cells of all organisms.

    Sensitivity - the ability to detect or sense stimuli and respond to them.

    1. Living things can sense what is going on around them, and are able to respond to it. This is

    known as sensitivity. Animals have sense organs, such as eyes, that tell them what is happening

    outside their bodies.

    2. Plants respond to the movement of the sun by moving their leaves to face the light.
    Growth - a permanent increase in size and dry mass by an increase in cell number or cell size or

    both. Plants grow throughout their lives. Animals stop growing once they reach a certain size.

    Reproduction - organisms reproduce to make new individuals.

    Excretion - removal from organisms of the waste products of metabolism (chemical reactions in

    cells including respiration), toxic materials and substances in excess of requirements.

    1. In plants, waste products are removed by diffusion. Plants, excrete oxygen, a product of
    photosynthesis.
    2. Animals - breathe out carbon dioxide, and other waste substances leave the body in the
    urine.
    Nutrition - taking in materials for energy, growth, and development.

    1. Nutrition in green plants involves photosynthesis, in which the energy from the sunlight

    is absorbed and used to turn carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars.

    2. Animals can not make their own food like plants, so they have to eat plants or other

    animals to gain energy and nutrients.

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