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Gilbert

Is it alive?
In order to be characterized as “alive”, living organisms must have the
________________ characteristics.

It can be easy to tell if something is living or not. A teddy bear might look like a bear, but it cannot do
any of the seven things it needs to be able to do to count as being alive.

Identifying life

________________________________________________________ are all living organisms.

Animals are multicellular organisms – they consist of many cells that work together. Examples of
animals include mammals (such as humans) and insects (such as houseflies and mosquitoes).

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Cells, tissues, organs and systems

Multicellular organisms are organised into increasingly complex parts. In order, from least complex to
most complex:

_______________

_______________

_______________
Increasing
_______________ complexity
_______________

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Animal cell structure

The main parts of an animal cell are the __________________________________________________.

Draw an animal cell

Animal cells:

The nucleus stores a set of instructions called genes, which ___________________________________.

The chemical reactions ( ________________ ) takes place in the ______________________.

The _________________________ controls what enters and leaves the cell. It lets
____________________________ in and waste products out.

Animal cells do not have:

_____________

_____________

_____________- so animals cannot carry out photosynthesis.

Specialized cells

Animals usually have specialized cells for different functions. Each type of cell is adapted to

carry out one life process.

Red blood cells – _____________ to the cells

_____________ – The muscle cells pull on bones that allows movement

Fat cells – Store energy for times when you can’t eat enough.

Bone cells – Rigid and hard cells.

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Red blood cells Muscles cells

Fat
cells Bone cells

Tissues

Animal cells and plant cells can form tissues, such as muscle tissue in animals. A living tissue is made
from a group of cells with a similar structure and function, which all work together to do a particular job.
Here are some examples of tissues:

• _____________
• the lining of the intestine
• the lining of the lungs
• xylem (tubes that carry water in a plant)

Organs

An organ is made from a group of different tissues, which all work together to do a particular job. Here
are some examples of organs:

• _________________
• _________________
• _________________
• _________________
• _________________
• _________________
• _________________

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Organ systems

An organ system is made from a group of different organs, which all work together to do a particular
job. Here are some examples of organ systems:

• circulatory system
• respiratory system
• digestive system
• nervous system
• reproductive system
• immune system
• muscular system
• excretory system
• skeletal system

Circulatory Respiratory Digestive Nervous Muscular Skeletal

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Excretory system