Characteristics of Living Organisms

Question 1

What are the seven characteristics?

Answer 1

MRS GREN

Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition

Question 2

They need nutrition

Answer 2

Living organisms need nutrients to provide them with energy and the raw materials for growth and repair. Nutrients include things like proteins, fats and carbohydrates, as well as vitamins and minerals

Question 3

They respire

Answer 3

Organisms release energy from their food by a process called respiration

Question 4

They excrete their waste

Answer 4

Waste products such as carbon dioxide and urine have to be removed - removal of waste is excretion

Question 5

They respond to their surroundings

Answer 5

Living organisms can react to changes in their surroundings

Question 6

They move

Answer 6

Organisms move towards things like waste and food, and away from things like predators and poisons. Even plants can move a bit

Question 7

They can control their internal conditions

Answer 7

Internal conditions include temperature and water content

Question 8

They reproduce

Answer 8

Organisms have to produce offspring in order for their species to survive

Question 9

They grow and develop

Answer 9

Even the smallest organisms have to grow and develop into their adult form