1.5 characteristics of living organisms

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• Leerjaar 1

1.5 Characteristics of living organisms

• Take off your jacket
• Put your things on your desk

       Book, notebook, pencil case

• Bag on the floor
  
• Read pages 1.5

Lessongoals

• You can give examples of living, dead and non-living things.
• You can name the characteristics of life
• You can give examples of the characteristics of life for different organisms

Which one is a species?

1. White rat
2. Monkeys
3. Dogs
4. Elephants

Which is the smallest level of organisation?
And the largest?

3 groups

1. Living = carries out life processes, is an organism
2. Dead = Was living before, but not any more
3. Non-living = Has never lived, will never live

Living

Dead

Non-living

LIVING, NON-LIVING & DEAD:

• LIVING = It has all 7 Characteristics of Life.
• NON-LIVING= It does not have all 7 Characteristics of Life and never will.
• DEAD= It once had all 7 Characteristics of Life, but not any more.

WHAT ARE THE 7?

• M- MOVEMENT
  
• R- RESPIRATION
• S- SENSITIVITY
• G-GROWTH
• R-REPRODUCTION
• E-EXCRETION
• N-NUTRITION

MRS GREN (characteristics of life)

M = Movement

R = Reproduction 

S = Sensitivity (hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling)

G = Growth

R = Respiration (making energy from sugar)

E = Excretion (breathing, peeing, pooping, sweating)

N = Nutrition (eating and drinking)

Living

Non-Living

Cat

Tree

Bird

Computer

Soil

Air

Sun

Bacteria

Fire

Water

Robot

7 characteristics of life?

 Characteristics of life

Something is living when..

1. is does all 7
2. it did all 7
3. it wants to do all 7
4. it never did all 7

A cactus

1. LIVING
2. NON-LIVING
3. DEAD

A fossil

1. LIVING
2. NON-LIVING
3. DEAD

"Baby"
A motorbike

1. LIVING
2. NON-LIVING
3. DEAD

A Venus
Flytrap

1. LIVING
2. NON-LIVING
3. DEAD

Fire: a living thing?

Breathe

Feed

Excretion

Sense

Move

Reproduce

Growth

Virus: a living thing?

Breathe

Feed

Excretion

Sense

Move

Reproduce

Growth