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This document discusses the characteristics of living things and how they are classified. It outlines the seven characteristics that define life as movement, reproduction, sensitivity, nutrition, excretion, respiration, and growth, commonly remembered with the mnemonic MRS NERG. Living things are sorted into five kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. Examples are provided for each kingdom. Readers are tasked with listing the characteristics of life and the five kingdoms, and researching one kingdom in more detail.

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Living Things

This document discusses the characteristics of living things and how they are classified. It outlines the seven characteristics that define life as movement, reproduction, sensitivity, nutrition, excretion, respiration, and growth, commonly remembered with the mnemonic MRS NERG. Living things are sorted into five kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. Examples are provided for each kingdom. Readers are tasked with listing the characteristics of life and the five kingdoms, and researching one kingdom in more detail.

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Living Things

How do we know is
something is living?
All living things are characterised as being able to do
seven things
These are usually remembered by the mnemonic MRS
NERG
M
R
S Can you guess
what these
letters stand
N
for?
E
R
G
The 7 characteristics of
Living Things
Movement Animals move to find food and keep away
from predators, plants move to face the light
Reproduction the ability to produce offspring to keep
the species in existence
Sensitivity responding and reacting to the environment
Nutrition Animals need food for respiration, plants need
minerals from the soil
Excretion Getting rid of waste
Respiration Turning food into energy
Growth Growing larger and stronger becoming adult
size
Classification of Living
Everything that
Things is living can be
sorted into these
5 kingdoms
Kingdom Moneran

Protist Kingdom

Fungi Kingdom Animal Kingdom

Plant Kingdom
Kingdom Moneran
Tiny, single-celled organisms
Do not have a nucleus
E.g. bacteria
Protist Kingdom
Single-celled organisms with a
nucleus
Live in damp places of water
E.g. amoeba
Fungi Kingdom
Body is made up of a network of
threads called hyphae
E.g moulds, mushrooms
Plant Kingdom
Multicellular made up of lots of
cells
Make their own food by
photosynthesis
Lots of examples: flowering
plants / non-flowering plants
Animal Kingdom
Multicellular made up of may
specialised cells
Cannot make own food
Can be further classified into
vertebrates and non-vertebrates then
into classes such as amphibians,
reptiles, birds, mammals
Task
1. Everyone
Make a list of the 7 characteristics of Living Things
(MRS NERG)
Make a list of the 5 Kingdoms of Living Things (try
to write an example for each)

2. Extension
Research one of the 5 Kingdoms in more detail
Make a poster / fact page / fact file
If you get stuck
use the key word
lists and
information on
your tables

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