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Classification of living things
Classification of living things
What makes living things different from non-living things?From the picture:List 3 different living thingsList 5 different non-living thingsCharacteristics of living thingsThere are 7 characteristics which make living things different from non-living things.How would you define the characteristics of living things?
Living things take in materials from their environment that they use for growth or to provide energy.
Living things inhale and exhale air.BREATHING
MOVEMENT
Do plants move?All living things move.
All living things excrete. It is the removal of toxic materials from the body of the organism.EXCRETION
GrowthGrowth is seen in all living things; it is the permanent increase in cell number and size.
All living organisms have the ability to produce offspring.REPRODUCTION
All living things are able to sense and respond to stimuli around them such as light, temperature, water, gravity and chemical substances.SensitivityA motor car needs petrol and air in order to move. It produces waste gases.Which characteristics of living organisms are similar to those of the motor car?Why is a car not a living organism?
Whilst many non-living things carry out one or more of the above characteristics; only living things possess all of these characteristics.http://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/80547/excerpt/9780521680547_excerpt.pdf
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