Living Things
What I should already know...
What I should already know...
- All living things need these things: Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition.
- Classification of living things are broken into kingdoms, Such as: Bacteria, Archaea, Protista, Funghi, Plantae and Animals.
Key Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary Definition
Asexual
Asexual
Not involving the fusion of gametes.
Not involving the fusion of gametes.
Fertilised
Fertilised
The fusion of gametes to give rise to a new individual organism.
The fusion of gametes to give rise to a new individual organism.
Gametes
Gametes
An organism's reproductive cell.
An organism's reproductive cell.
Genetics
Genetics
A branch of biology concerned with the study of genes.
A branch of biology concerned with the study of genes.
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.
Reproduction
Reproduction
The biological process by which new individual organisms- offspring are produced from their parents.
The biological process by which new individual organisms- offspring are produced from their parents.
Sexual
Sexual
Involving gametes.
Involving gametes.
Life Cycles
Life Cycles
- All living things have a life cycle and each stage is as important as the last.
- Different organisms all have different life cycles.
- Tadpoles and caterpillars go through a transformation called metamorphosis. They change into a completely different creature.
- Tadpoles grow a spine, lungs and even change their digestive system so they can consume worms and insects. Tadpoles change into toads, caterpillars change into butterflies.
The different life cycles
The different life cycles
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