Curriculum
Science — First Preparatory
Unit 1: Matter
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Unit 2: Forces
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Unit 3: Life
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Unit 4: Earth and Space
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Text lesson
General Characteristics of Living Organisms
General Characteristics of Living Organisms
Living and non-living things
Living and non-living things
- Some non-living things resemble living organisms in certain visible features
- but the difference appears when all the characteristics are examined:
- Most living organisms are made of cells. Rocks, cars and iron are not made of cells.
- Living organisms feed, breathe and reproduce. Non-living things do not.
- Fire may seem to move, grow and need oxygen, but it is not made of cells, does not feed and does not reproduce, so it is not a living organism.
- Crystals can grow in a solution, but they do not respire and do not respond to stimuli like living organisms, and they are not made of cells.
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