characteristics of living organisms

• All organisms are composed of one or more cells.
• what are the seven life processes

  movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrition
• Movement is the ability to change position
• Sensitivity is the ability to respond to stimuli
• Respiration is the process by which an organism obtains energy from food
• Reproduction is the production of new individuals from existing ones
• Growth is the increase in size of an organism over time
• Growth is an increase in size
• Sensitivity is the ability to respond to changes in the environment
• Excretion is the removal of waste products
• define species 


  a group of fertile organisms that c an reproduce to produce fertile offspring
• name the five kingdoms

  animals, plants, fungi, protoctists, prokaryotes
• animals are multicellular
• animals store carbohydrates as glycogen
• animals feed on organic substances made by other living organisms
• reptiles, fish, and amphibians are cold-blooded
• mammals and birds are warm blooded
• plants are multicellular
• plants feed by photosynthesis
• plants store carbohydrates as starch
• fungi are usually multicellular
• fungi feed on dead and living material
• fungi reproduce by spores
• prokaryotes have no membrane-bound organelles
• viruses cannot survive outside the host cell