Practical: Is It Alive? Part 1

Task 1. List all the characteristics of living things.

• have the ability to reproduce
• can move
• can grow
• will die
• respond to changes
• are made of cells
• have hereditary information
• can egest waste
•  can respire
• have the ability to evolve 

Some Scientific Terms:

The difference between excretion and egestion:

Excretion is the discharge of undigested material (food) and takes a non-liquid form like faeces.

However, egestion is the discharge of liquid waste products of metabolism like urine and sweat.

Task 2. List the conditions needed to support life.

•       Need air, food and water
•       Can adapt to changes
•       Light for plants
•       Warmth-?