1. The Seven Characteristics of Living Things

2. Movement
The ability of an organism to bend and sway or relocate

3. Reproduction
The ability to reproduce and pass on its traits

4. Growth
The ability to increase in size through cell growth or cell division

5. Response
The ability to react to stimulus

6. Excretion
The ability to get rid of waste

7. Exchange of gases
In animals, the ability to take in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.
In plants, the ability to take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

8. Nutrition
The ability to acquire and process foods/nutrients

9. Mr. Green The trick to remembering these!
M – Movement
R – Reproduction
G – Growth
R – Response
E – Excretion
E – Exchange of Gases
N - Nutrition