Topic : Characteristics of living organisms

L.O : describe the characteristics of living

organisms.

Keywords: movement, respiration, sensitivity,

growth,reproduction,excretion,nutrition.

CCL: Biology, English

 Starter
How is the wooden table different from the tree made of wood?
Organisms which don’t move but show signs of life
What are the characteristics of a living organism?
Movement - causing a change of position or place.
Respiration - Chemically breaking of food molecules to release
energy.
Sensitivity - To be able to sense the external stimuli and respond to it.
Growth - An increase in number and dry mass of the cells.
Reproduction - To be able to produce the organism of the same kind.
Excretion - To be able to eliminate metabolic wastes out of the body.
Nutrition. - The taking of materials from the environment in simple or
complex form for energy, growth and development
Plenary
Which organism is both living and non-living?
Which non -living being can grow?
Create the mnemonic for the characteristics of living
organisms You studied just.

MRS. GREN
Identify if it is a living or non-living being and state its
importance
Test yourself
Janice found a strange thing on the sea shore which did
not move for almost 48 hours. She thought it to be a
colourful stone and brought it home and covered it with a
bell jar. After some time she found two things most unlikely
of a stone.
1. The bell jar was filled up with water vapour and
carbondioxide.
2. Similar stones appeared around it
What could she conclude from these?