6.2 Living organisms have characteristics in common

Biology is the study of...

• animals that are alive

• all plants that were once alive

• all living things and what it means to be alive

• all plants and animals; living or dead

Which of the following is correct?

• Animals are considered to be alive, but plants are not

• Plants and animals share many characteristics of living things

• Animals can produce wastes, but plants cannot

• Animals need nutrition to help them grow but plants only need water

For the 8 characteristics represented by MR N GREWW, the N stands for...

• Needs nutrition

• Needs water to survive

• Needs to reproduce

• All of these

Something which is dead...

• was once alive

• is no longer living

• did have the characteristics of living things

• All of these

Something which is non-living...

• was once alive

• in now dead

• has never had the characteristics of a living thing

• All of the above

The system scientists use to group things divides them first into two groups

What are the two groups?

• Living and non-living

• Land organisms and water organisms

• Plants and animals

• Heterotrophs and autotrophs

Of the 8 characteristics represented by MR N GREWW, one of the Rs represents 'responds'

The other R represents...

• reproduces, making new life

• runs faster than its prey

• removes carbon dioxide and breathes in oxygen

• removes wastes for example, by sweating

Which of the following groups contains only living things?

• tree, cat, mouse, roast chicken

• antelope, giraffe, leather belt, paper

• dried flowers, lasagne, water, beetle

• pine tree, toad, frog, crocodile

True or False?

Plants are heterotrophs, which means they make their own food

• True

• False

True or False?

All living animals have lungs

that allow them to

'exchange oxygen and other gases'

• True

• False