Living Things

How do we know is something is ‘living’? All living things are characterised as being able to do 3 things N R I Can you guess what these letters stand for?

The 3 characteristics of Living Things Nutrition – Animals need food for respiration, plants need minerals from the soil Reproduction – the ability to produce offspring to keep the species in existence Interaction – responding and reacting to the environment

Classification of Living Things Everything that is living can be sorted into these 5 kingdoms Kingdom Moneran Protist Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Plant Kingdom Animal Kingdom

Kingdom Monera Tiny, single-celled organisms Do not have a nucleus: Prokaryota E.g. bacteria

Protoctist Kingdom Single-celled or multicellular organisms with a nucleus: eukaryota Live in damp places of water Protozoa- Algae

Fungi Kingdom Eukaryotic heterotrophic Body is made up of a network of threads called hyphae E.g moulds, mushrooms, yeasts

Plant Kingdom Multicellular – made up of lots of cells Make their own food by photosynthesis Plants without seeds/plants with seeds: flowering plants (angiosperms) / non- flowering plants (gymnosperms)

Animal Kingdom Multicellular – made up of may specialised cells Cannot make own food- heterotrophs Can be further classified into vertebrates and non-vertebrates then into classes such as amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals

Task - Plants without flowers: gymnosperms - Plants with flowers: angiosperms - Animals invertebrates: Porifera (sponges) - Animals invertebrates: Cnidaria (polyps and meduse) - Animals invertebrates: worms - Animals invertebrates: arthropods - Animal invertebrates: molluscs - Animals vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals -

Task You will see several images of living beings and you should classify them in one of the following categories: - Monera kingdom - Protoctist: Protozoa - Protoctist: Algae (red, green or brown) - Fungi that form mushrooms - Fungi: moulds - Plants without seeds: moss - Plants without seeds: ferns -

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