Living things
A living thing can be a plant or an animal. How can we tell whether a thing is living, dead, or has never been living? A living thing can do 7 things.
Think MRS GREN. It stands for move, respire, sense, grow, reproduce, excrete and need nutrition.
Think MRS GREN. It stands for move, respire, sense, grow, reproduce, excrete and need nutrition.
Movement
Some plants turn their stems, leaves and flowers so that they point to the sun.
Sunflowers move their flower heads to follow the sun's position as it moves from east to west.
Excrete means getting rid of waste.
A plant gets rid of any unwanted water and gas through its leaves and roots. If a leaf has a lot of waste inside it, it will turn yellow and drop off.