1 The nature and variety of living organisms

• Movement 


  They can move positions
• Respiration

  They can respire
• Sensitivity


  They can sense stimuli and act accordingly
• Homeostasis


  They have a constant internal temperature
• Growth


  Increase in cell size, mass or number
• Reproduction

  To create a new living organism
• Excretion


  Removal of metabolic waste
• Nutrition


  They require nutrition to grow