Living Things

How do we know is something is ‘living’? All living things are characterised as being able to do 3

things

NRI Can

you guess what these letters stand for?

The 3 characteristics of Living ThingsNutrition – Animals need food for respiration,

plants need minerals from the soil

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

Interaction – responding and reacting to the environment

Classification of Living Things Everything that

is living can be sorted into these

5 kingdomsKingdom Moneran

Protist Kingdom

Fungi Kingdom

Plant Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

Kingdom Monera Tiny, single-celled organisms Do not have a nucleus:

Prokaryota E.g. bacteria

Protoctist Kingdom Single-celled or multicellular

organisms with a nucleus: eukaryota

Live in damp places of water Protozoa- Algae

Fungi Kingdom Eukaryotic heterotrophic Body is made up of a network of

threads called hyphae E.g moulds, mushrooms, yeasts

Plant Kingdom Multicellular – made up of lots of

cells Make their own food by

photosynthesis Plants without seeds/plants with

seeds: flowering plants (angiosperms) / non-flowering plants (gymnosperms)

Animal Kingdom Multicellular – made up of may

specialised cells Cannot make own food- heterotrophs Can be further classified into

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

Task- Plants without flowers: gymnosperms- Plants with flowers: angiosperms- Animals invertebrates: Porifera (sponges)- Animals invertebrates: Cnidaria (polyps

and meduse)- Animals invertebrates: worms- Animals invertebrates: arthropods- Animal invertebrates: molluscs- Animals vertebrates: fish, amphibians,

reptiles, birds, mammals-

Task You will see several images of living

beings and you should classify them in one of the following categories:

- Monera kingdom- Protoctist: Protozoa- Protoctist: Algae (red, green or brown)- Fungi that form mushrooms- Fungi: moulds- Plants without seeds: moss- Plants without seeds: ferns-

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