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
Common mistakes
Common mistakes
- Confusing movement with sensitivity. Movement is changing place or position; sensitivity is responding to a stimulus.
- Believing that every living organism moves from one place to another. A plant is living but does not move from place to place; it moves only by changing the direction of its parts.
- Thinking that growth means only an increase in size. Growth is an increase in the number and size of cells.
- Forgetting that reproduction is necessary for the survival of the species, not of the individual.
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