B1 syllabus statements
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The document defines and lists the key characteristics of living organisms: nutrition, excretion, respiration, sensitivity, reproduction, growth, and movement. It defines each characteristic, such as nutrition as the taking in of nutrients for growth and tissue repair, and excretion as the removal of waste. The document aims to describe and define the basic characteristics that distinguish living things.
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B1 syllabus statements
- 1. 08/09/13 B1 Characteristics of livingB1 Characteristics of living organismsorganisms Syllabus statementsSyllabus statements
- 2. B1 Characteristics of livingB1 Characteristics of living organismsorganisms 1. List and describe the characteristics of living organisms. 2. Define the terms: •nutrition as taking in of nutrients which are organic substances and mineral ions, containing raw materials or energy for growth and tissue repair, absorbing and assimilating them;
- 3. B1 Characteristics of livingB1 Characteristics of living organismsorganisms • excretion as removal from organisms of toxic materials, the waste products of metabolism (chemical reactions in cells including respiration) and substances in excess of requirements; • respiration as the chemical reactions that break down nutrient molecules in living cells to release energy;
- 4. B1 Characteristics of livingB1 Characteristics of living organismsorganisms • sensitivity as the ability to detect or sense changes in the environment (stimuli) and to make responses; • reproduction as the processes that make more of the same kind of organism; • growth as a permanent increase in size and dry mass by an increase in cell number or cell size or both;
- 5. B1 Characteristics of livingB1 Characteristics of living organismsorganisms • movement as an action by an organism or part of an organism causing a change of position or place.
- 6. B1 Characteristics of livingB1 Characteristics of living organismsorganisms • movement as an action by an organism or part of an organism causing a change of position or place.