7 characters of life
Movement Respiration Sensitivity Feeding Excretion Reproduction Growth Remember .. MRS FERG
Movement
The ability on an organism to change position
Respiration
Realising energy from food.
Sensitivity
The ability of an organism to gather information and respond to it
Feeding
Getting food
Excretion
Removal of toxic chemicals substances from the body e.g carbon dioxide, urea (sweat and urine) and salt
Reproduction
Producing more organisms of the species
Growth
The organism develops into an adult
Vertebrates
Have a back bone e.g humans
Invertebrates
Have no back bone e.g earthworms
Plants
Contain a green chemical called chlorophyll and can make their own food by photosynthesis
Key
A set of questions used to identify an animal or plant.