Characteristics of Living Organisms (MRS C GREN)

• Movement


  action of all/part of an organism causing a change of position/place
• reproduction


  Producing offspring of the same species.
• sensitivity


  The ability to detect and respond to changes in the environment
• growth


  Multiplying in size or number of cells.
• respiration


  The release of energy in cells
• excretion


  Removal of cellular waste products of metabolism from an organism
• nutrition

  Obtaining food either by making it or taking it in from elsewhere
• Control


  Organisms control their internal conditions to maintain their internal conditions within narrow limits. Examples include control of body temperature, blood glucose, and blood water content. Sweating is one way in which we control our body temperature.