Living things

•  Everything on Earth is living or non- living

•  BUT how do we decide whether something is living or non-living?

•  Let’s ask our friend MRS C GREN.

Movement

•  Mrs C Gren says…..

•  “all living things can move”

Respiration

•  Mrs C. Gren says…..

•  “All living things respire. This means they can get energy from their food.”

Sensitivity

•  Mrs C. Gren says…..

•  “All living things can sense what is going on around them.”

Cells

•  Made up of one or more CELLS

Growth

•  Mrs C. Gren says…..

•  “All living things can grow.”

Reproduce

•  Mrs C. Gren says……

•  “All living things can reproduce.”

•  This means they can have offsprings.

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Excrete

•  Mrs C. Gren says…..

•  “All living things excrete.”

•  This includes they get rid of anything they make but don’t need.

Nutrition

•  Mrs C. Gren says…..

•  “All livings things need nutrients.”

•  This means they need food to live.

MRS C.GREN •  Now we know that all

living things •  Move •  Respire •  Sense •  Cells •  Grow •  Reproduce •  Excrete and need... •  Nutrients to survive

The 7 characteristics of Living Things

Movement – Animals move to find food and keep away from predators, plants move to face the light

Reproduction – the ability to produce offspring to keep the species in existence

Sensitivity – responding and reacting to the environment

Cells – Made up of one or more cells Nutrition – Animals need food for respiration, plants need minerals

from the soil

Excretion – Getting rid of waste

Respiration – Turning food into energy

Growth – Growing larger and stronger à becoming adult size

Classification of Living Things Everything that is

living can be sorted into these 5

kingdoms Kingdom Moneran

Protist Kingdom

Fungi Kingdom

Plant Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

Kingdom Moneran

•  Tiny, single-celled organisms •  Do not have a nucleus •  E.g. bacteria

Protist Kingdom

•  Single-celled organisms with a nucleus •  Live in damp places of water •  E.g. amoeba

Fungi Kingdom

•  Body is made up of a network of threads called hyphae

•  E.g moulds, mushrooms

Plant Kingdom

•  Multicellular – made up of lots of cells •  Make their own food by photosynthesis •  Lots of examples: flowering plants /

non-flowering plants

Animal Kingdom

•  Multicellular – made up of may specialised cells

•  Cannot make own food •  Can be further classified into vertebrates and

non-vertebrates then into classes such as amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals

Activity…

•  Complete your review flipchart and refer to table 1.1 for the contents