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| The characteristics of Living Things are: |
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| Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition. |
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| They obtain energy from food through a process known as |
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| All living things have senses that allow them to "respond" when there is a change in their environment. |
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| Their appearance changes as they grow from baby to adult. |
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| All living things....To ensure the survival of their own kind. |
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| It is the process of removing harmful and unwanted substances from an organism |
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| The Earth supports a wide variety of living organisms. |
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| It can be divided into 2 major groups - Plants that reproduce seeds and plants that don't reproduce seeds. Plants that reproduce can be sub-divided into "flowering" and "non-flowering'. |
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(Reproduced by seeds)
Flowering Plants |
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Eg. Hibiscus
-Roots, stems and leaves are present.
-Seeds are found in the fruits. |
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(Does not Reproduce seeds)
Non- Flowering Plants |
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(Algae)
Eg. Pine
- Roots, stems and leaves are present.
-Have needle- like leaves.
-Seeds are found in cone. |
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(Does not Reproduce seeds)
Non- Flowering Plants |
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(Ferns)
Eg. Ferns
- Roots, stems and leaves are present.
-Reproduce by spores. |
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| The can be divided into 2 main groups - "vertebrates" and "Invertebrates". |
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| Are animals with backbones.They can be divided into 5 sub-groups - Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals. |
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- Cold Blooded.
- Body usually covered with scales.
- Breathe using gills.
- Live in fresh water or sea water. |
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- Cold - Blooded
- Have moist skin, without scales.
- Breathe through lungs and moist skin.
- Live partly on land and in water. |
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- Cold - Blooded.
- Have dry skin usually covered with horny scales.
- Breathe through lungs.
- Live on land. |
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- Warm Blooded.
- Have beaks.
- Have feathers.
- Have wings but not all can fly.
- Breathe through lungs.
- Lay eggs. |
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- Warm - Blooded
- Have hair.
- Breathe through lungs.
- Most give birth to their young alive. |
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Are animals without backbone.
They can be divided into 3 sub-groups - 'arthropods', 'annelids' and 'molluscs'. |
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| The bodies of arthropods are divided into segments (parts). They are converted with a hard exoskeleton - a structure that gives them shape and protects them. |
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| It has a long, cylindrical bodies. Their bodies are divided into many segments.Each segment may have many bristles. |
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| They have soft bodies that may be covered by a shell. They use a muscular foot for movement. |
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They are very small living organisms that can only be seen under a microscope.
They are neither plants nor animals.
There are 3 types of microorganisms - Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi. |
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They are:
- Visible under a microscope, and
- Larger than Viruses.
It can be both useful and harmful.
They are useful as they are involved in the breakdown of dead plants and animals.
Bacteria are used to curdle milk in the process of making cheese and yogurt.
They can be as harmful as they can cause diseases in living plants and animals. |
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They are:
- The smallest disease - causing organisms known.
- Not visible under the ordinary light microscope. To examine their detailed structure, an electron microscope is required.
- able to cause diseases like AIDS, H1N1 and Hepatitis. |
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- It has no roots, stems or leaves.
- Some fungi feed on living plants and animals.
- Some fungi on dead matter.Others feed on living plants and animals.
- Some fungi can be useful. An example is "Penicillium" notatum that produces the antibiotic, penicillin.
- Others can cause fungal diseases such as ringworm. |
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