mrs grenc stands for movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrition, control
not all living organisms show every characteristic all the time
plants are multicellular organisms, cell contain chloroplasts able to carry out photosynthesis e.g peas, beans
bacteria are microscopicsingle celled, flagellum, no nucleus, contain plasmids e.g salmonella, ecoil
protoctists are microscopic single celled, have some animal cell features however some also have chloroplasts, does not fit into any other groups e.g plasmodium
fungi are organised into a mycelium made from thread like structures called hyphae, single celled made from chitin, saprotrophic nutrition e.g mucor and yeast
animals are multicellular organisms no cell wall, nervous coordination store carbohydrates as glycogen e.g humans and housefly
pathogen is a microorganism which can cause disease to its host, fungi, bacteria, protoctist, virus