7characteristics of life
Movement Respiration Sensitivity Feeding Excretion Reproduction Growth
MRS FERG
Movement means
The ability of an organism to change position
Respiration means
Releasing energy from food
Sensitivity ,means
The ability of an organism to gather information and respond to it
Feeding means
Getting food
Excretion
Removal of toxic chemical substances from the body e.g carbon dioxide,urea and salt
Reproduction
Producing more organisms of the species
Growth
The organism develops into an adult
Vertebrates
Have a backbone e.g. Human
Invertebrates
Have no backbone e.g. Earthworm
Plants
Contain a green chemical called chlorophyll and make their own food by photosynthesis
Key
A key is a set of questions used to identify an animal or plant