1. www.juniorscience.ie 1C1 Living things OB41identify the basic processes and characteristics common to all living organisms: nutrition, respiration, excretion, growth, reproduction, movement and response OB42recall that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and systems, and understand that growth results from cell division

2. www.juniorscience.ie OB41identify the basic processes and characteristics common to all living organisms: nutrition, respiration, excretion, growth, reproduction, movement and response Every single living organism carries out the same basic processes – different organisms just carry them out in different ways….

3. www.juniorscience.ie OB41 identify the basic processes and characteristics common to all living organisms:

4. www.juniorscience.ie OB41basic processes: nutrition Nutrition means obtaining food All living organisms need food as a source of energy Plants can make their own food using energy from the sun (photosynthesis) Animals need to find an external source of food

5. www.juniorscience.ie OB41basic processes: respiration Respiration means releasing energy from food Glucose in the food is broken down inside cells, and energy is released Most organisms use oxygen for this process – so it is called aerobic respiration

6. www.juniorscience.ie OB41basic processes: excretion Excretion means the removal of toxic chemical substances toxic substances are poisonous and may harm cells if not removed examples of toxic substances are carbon dioxide and urea NH 3

7. www.juniorscience.ie OB41basic processes: growth Growth means the organism develops into an adult For micro-organisms, this means their cell grows to full size before reproducing For multi-celled organisms, this means that cells divide, organs grow in size, and systems develop maturity

8. www.juniorscience.ie OB41basic processes: reproduction Reproduction means producing more organisms of the species Some organisms reproduce from one parent only – this is called ASEXUAL reproduction Other organisms reproduce by combining one cell from a male with one cell from a female – this is called SEXUAL reproduction Scientists have a name for the “children” of all living organisms – they say OFFSPRING

9. www.juniorscience.ie OB41basic processes: movement Movement means the ability of an organism to change position Some organisms can move the entire body eg single-celled organisms Some organisms can move part of the body eg plants Some organisms can move both their entire body, and each section of the body eg insects, amphibians, reptiles, mammals Most organisms move towards things they need and away from things that harm them

10. www.juniorscience.ie OB41basic processes: response Response means the ability of an organism to gather information and respond to it Some of the things that cause living organisms to respond are light, sound, touch, chemicals, gravity…eg: Roots grow downwards in response to gravity, shoots grow towards light Both plants and animals use their sense of touch when climbing Predators use sound and smell to hunt for prey

11. www.juniorscience.ie OB42recall that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and systems, and understand that growth results from cell division Cells Some living things are composed of just a single cell eg bacteria Some living things are composed of a small number of simple and similar cells eg fungi Some living things are composed of very many cells, with many different structures and functions eg humans nerve cell muscle cells blood cells bone cells

12. www.juniorscience.ie OB42recall that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and systems, and understand that growth results from cell division Tissues Cells that have the same structure and function form tissues… Cells in tissues are usually joined together Animal tissues include muscle, bone and nerves for movement Plant tissues include xylem and phloem for transport phloem xylem

13. www.juniorscience.ie OB42recall that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and systems, and understand that growth results from cell division Organs Tissues can be organised into groups to form organs, each organs with a particular function Plant organs include the ROOT for absorbing water, LEAF for photosynthesis Animal organs include the HEART for pumping blood, LUNGS for gas exchange

14. www.juniorscience.ie OB42recall that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and systems, and understand that growth results from cell division Systems organs, tissues and cells can be organised into systems that carry out major functions in the organism eg: Reproductive system, Nervous system, Digestive System, Circulatory system…

15. www.juniorscience.ie OB42recall that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and systems, and understand that growth results from cell division If living organisms are composed of cells, what do they need in order to grow bigger? … …MORE CELLS !!

16. www.juniorscience.ie OB42recall that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and systems, and understand that growth results from cell division Cell division takes place in 3 stages… 1.A copy of the nucleus is made 2.The cell membrane grows inwards to divide the cytoplasm 3.The two new cells then separate …the new cells then grow to full size click to see a real cell dividing © A. Kihara (Hosei University)

17. www.juniorscience.ie What do you think? Most animals move about while most plants tend to “stay put” – why? Can you suggest one advantage and one disadvantage of being single-celled? Animals have highly developed nervous systems compared to plants – why? A lot of plants have to use the help or wind or insects for reproduction – why?

18. www.juniorscience.ie 1C1 Living things OB41identify the basic processes and characteristics common to all living organisms: nutrition, respiration, excretion, growth, reproduction, movement and response OB42recall that living things are composed of cells, tissues, organs and systems, and understand that growth results from cell division