This document outlines 6 key characteristics of organisms: 1) nutrition, 2) excretion, 3) respiration, 4) movement, 5) irritability, and 6) growth and development. It provides details about each characteristic, such as that nutrition is the need for food, excretion is producing waste residues that must be removed, and respiration uses oxygen and glucose to release energy through the production of carbon dioxide and water. The document also lists examples of different types of organisms and whether they do or do not possess each characteristic.