Lesson 1 1.1 characteristics of living things

2. What is biology?
Biology is the study of:

3. Lesson 1: Characteristics of living
things.
Learning Objectives:
• Describe and define the characteristics of living
organisms.

4. Characteristics of living things
• All living organisms share 7 characteristics.
• What makes you ‘living’?
• M R S N E R G
• Youtube video title: 7 Characteristics of Life - Mrs Gren - Mrs Nerg - BBC Curriculum Bites

5. The 7 Characteristics of living organisms.
• Movement
• Reproduction
• Sensitivity
• Nutrition
• Excretion
• Respiration
• Growth

6. Movement

7. Reproduction

8. Sensitivity

9. Nutrition

10. Excretion

11. Respiration

12. Growth

13. In addition to these 7 characteristics:
• living organisms have another common feature:
– they are made of CELLS.
• These cells all have:
– Cytoplasm
– Cell Membrane
– DNA
– Ribosomes (used for making proteins)
– Enzymes (used for anaerobic respiration)

14. Open your coursebook to Page 3
• Copy the Key Definitions from page 3
• Also: copy the definition for Reproduction on
page 2.

15. Plenary
• Close your books:
– What are the 7 characteristics of living organisms?