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IGCSE Science/Section 1: The nature and variety of living organisms/Characteristics of living organisms
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An organism is an individual animal, plant or other living thing. All organisms share some characteristics:
they move
they respire
they respond to their surroundings
they control their internal conditions
they grow and develop
they reproduce
they excrete their waste
they require nutrition
You can remember these by using the mneomic MRS C GREN:
Move
Respire
Sense
Control
Grow
Rreproduce
Excrete
Nutrition