CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING ORGANISMS
MOVEMENT
RESPIRATION
SENSITIVITY
GROWTH
RERODUCTION
EXCRETION
NUTRITION
Living organisms are able to move all or part of themselves
ANIMALS
Waste products from metabolic reactions are removed from the organism
PLANTS
ANIMALS
shrimp swim through the water using tiny appendages called swimmerets
Carnivorous plants like the pitcher plant moves when an insect is sensed
a process in living organisms involving the production of energy
PLANTS
ANIMALS
the Snake Plant is unique for its nighttime oxygen production.
Cockroaches transportation of gas exchange take place by a special type of fine tubes called tracheae.
Living organisms can detect changes in their internal or external environments and respond to these changes
Organisms grow, leading to a permanent increase in size
PLANTS
ANIMALS
A northern giraffe can grow up to 4.6 - 6.1m
A dog excretes carbon dioxide
PLANTS
NEEM TREES GIVE OUT OXYGEN 24 HOURS
ANIMALS
PLANTS
The leaves of a mimosa fold inward and droop when touched or shaken
PLANTS
ANIMALS
Living organisms reproduce to create more organisms of their kind
Sativas can grow extremely tall, to twenty feet and is slower to grow and reach harvest.
ANIMALS
PLANTS
organisms take in materials for development. These materials are used in chemical
reactions to produce energy for growth and repair.
Bottlenose dolphins hear tones with a frequency up to 160 kHz with the greatest sensitivity ranging from 40 to 100 kHz.
Ferns, mosses, liverworts and green algae are all plants that have spores. A parent plant sends out tiny spores containing special sets of chromosomes.
Plants such as the commercially-important corn, wheat, oats, barley and rice require nitrogen compounds to be present in the soil in which they grow.
pandas must eat 12-38kgs of bamboo every day to meet their energy needs.
While cats usually have an average of four kittens in each litter, this can range from one to 12 kittens.