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“I have – Who has?” game: Life processes
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Key words:
Living organisms, , life processes, characteristics, respiration, nutrition, response,
reproduction, growth, excretion, movement, asexual, sexual, offspring, cell, tissue, organ,
system, cell division, single-celled, nucleus, animals, plants, micro-organisms
How to play
The table below is either copied or printed, and cut into individual “cards”.
The cards are randomly dealt one per student. Each card has a statement “I have ….” and a
visual clue, followed by a question. The student with the STARTER card begins the game by
reading out the first question to the group, and the holder of the card with the answer to that
question reads their answer out, and their question in turn…
Note
Certain words might cause problems – teacher can decide to hold that card and play as part of the
group, or change the text on the cards before copying.
If the language level is too difficult for the majority of the class, students could play in pairs or
groups, with a variety of cards between them.
With a very small class, each student will have more than one card.
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I have the….LIVING ORGANISMS
I am the STARTER….
Who has the Who has the seven
collective name for all processes carried out
plants, animals and by all living
micro-organisms? organisms?
I have the….LIFE PROCESSES
I have the….CHARACTERISTICS
Excretion, respiration, nutrition, response,
fo serutaef eht
growth, reproduction, movement
Who has the word that means
“the features of”?
Who has the process that releases
energy from food?
I have the….RESPIRATION
I have the….NUTRITION
Food + oxygen = energy +carbon dioxide + water
Who has the process that means
Who has the process that involves
obtaining food?
gathering information?
I have the….RESPONSE
I have the….REPRODUCTION
Who has the process that ensures
Who has the process that involves
there are more of the same
the organism’s cells dividing to
organism for the future?
allow the body to grow bigger?
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I have the….GROWTH
I have the….EXCRETION
Who has the process that gets rid
Who has the process that allows
of toxic or poisonous chemicals?
the organism to reach what it needs
and escape from danger?
I have the….MOVEMENT
I have….ASEXUAL
Who has the form of reproduction
Who has the form of reproduction
that involves two parents?
that involves only one parent?
I have the….OFFSRING
I have….SEXUAL
Who has the word that scientist use
for the “children” of living
Who has the basic unit that all
organisms?
living organisms are composed of?
I have the….CELL
I have the….TISSUE
Who has the word for a group of
Who has the word for a group of
cells that have the same structure
tissues that have the same
or function?
function?
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I have the….ORGAN
I have the….SYSTEM
Who has the word for a group of
Who has the process one cell
cells, tissues or
undergoes to make two cells?
organs that
have a specific function?
I have the….CELL DIVISION
I have the…SINGLE-CELLED ORGANINSM
Who has the cell structure that
Who has the name for an organism controls the cell?
that lives in only one cell?
I have the….NUCLEUS
I have the….ANIMALS
Who has the kingdom of living
Who has the kingdom of living
organisms that cannot make their
organisms that make their own
own food (hint: all of us are
food (and are mostly green)?
examples!)
I have the….PLANTS
I have the….MICRO-ORGANISMS
Who has the group of
living organisms that we
need a microscope to see
….and I am the FINISHER !!
e.g. bacteria?
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