Living Things. How do we know is something is ‘living’? All living things are characterised as...

Living Things

How do we know is something is ‘living’? All living things are characterised as being able to do 3

things

NRI Can

you guess what these letters stand for?

The 3 characteristics of Living ThingsNutrition – 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 kingdomsKingdom 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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