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Year 9 Characteristics of Life HW
The 8 Characteristics of Life
Cut out the 8 characteristics of life boxes below and match them up
with their correct definition. Once you are happy with your matches
stick them into your exercise book, under the title ‘The 8
Characteristics of Life’. Then draw a diagram for each characteristic
to show what it means.
Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Homeostasis
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition
Growth
Plants make their own food; animals eat
other organisms. Food provides energy and
the raw materials for growth and repair.
Getting rid of metabolic wastes (such as
carbon dioxide and urine) produced by the
organism
Releasing energy from food
Produce offspring in order for the species to
survive
Controlling a constant internal environment,
such as temperature and water content.
A permanent increase in size
An action by an organism or part of an
organism causing a change in position or
place
Detecting and responding to changes in the
environment