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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’
Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Homeostasis
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition
Growth
Plants make their own food, animals eat
other organisms
Getting rid of wastes produced by the
organism
Releasing energy from food
Produce offspring
Controlling a constant internal environment
A permanent increase in size
An action by an organism or part of an
organism causing a change in position or
place
Respond to change in the environment