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    Living things share seven characteristics including growth, reproduction through passing genetic information to offspring, the ability to respond to environmental changes, some form of movement, nutrition through intake and use of nutrients, excretion of waste, and respiration through chemical reactions in cells to release energy from food. These seven characteristics can be remembered using the acronym "GRIMNER" and are used to determine if something is living or non-living.

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    Living things share seven characteristics including growth, reproduction through passing genetic information to offspring, the ability to respond to environmental changes, some form of movement, nutrition through intake and use of nutrients, excretion of waste, and respiration through chemical reactions in cells to release energy from food. These seven characteristics can be remembered using the acronym "GRIMNER" and are used to determine if something is living or non-living.

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    Monday 15th November 2021.

    Science

    CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS


    One of the broadest groupings is 'living' and 'non-living'. All living things share seven life
    processes or characteristics. These are used to determine whether something is living or non-
    living. The seven characteristics of living things can be summarised using the acronym
    ‘GRIMNER’

    Life process Explanation


    Growth All living things grow.
    Reproduction The ability to reproduce and pass genetic
    information onto their offspring.
    Irritability The ability to detect changes in the
    surrounding environment.
    Movement All living things move in some way. This
    may be obvious, such as animals that are
    able to walk, or less obvious, such as plants
    that have parts that move to track the
    movement of the sun
    Nutrition The intake and use of nutrients. This occurs
    in very different ways in different kinds of
    living things.
    Excretion Getting rid of waste.
    Respiration Respiration is a chemical reaction that
    happens within cells to release energy from
    food.

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