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Classifying life

Lesson 1.1: What is life?


Objective ?
 Describe the seven characteristics
of living organisms
Watch and Take notes !

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1. Movement
Living things move
their whole bodies
or parts of their
bodies

1. Movement
Can plants move ?

•Why sunflowers follow the sun ?


2. Reproduction
All living organisms
make more of
themselves; so
organims do not die
out

2. Reproduction
3.Sensitivity
Living organisms
respond to their
surroundings

3. Sensitivity
4. Growth
Living organisms
get bigger
(as young organism
gets older)

4. Growth
5. Respiration
This process makes the
energy in food available
for organisms to use.
Many organisms need
oxygen to respire,
respire and
produce waste carbon
dioxide gas.

5. Respiration
6. Excretion
Living organisms
need to get rid of the
waste they produce,
produce
such as carbon
dioxide or urea

6. Excretion
7. Nutrition
All living things need
food. Plants make their
own food,
food
and animals eat plants
or other animals

7. Nutrition
Key points
Questions

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