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MRS GREN
===About Living Things===
'''Living things''' can all [[Growth|grow]], [[Nutrition|take in food]] and [[water]], [[Movement|move]], [[Sense|sense]] changes to the world around them, [[Excrete|get rid of waste]] and [[Reproduce|make new living things]].
===Examples===
: Trees {| class="wikitable"|+ These are all living things because they can all [[Growth|grow ]], [[Nutrition|take in food]] and [[water]], move, [[Sense|sense]] changes to the world around them, [[Excrete|get rid of waste]] and they can [[Reproduce|make new trees with their seedsliving things]].|-|[[File: Flies can grow and make new flies by laying eggsTree.png|center|200px]]|[[File: Humans can grow and make new humans called babiesFly.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Mushroom.png|center|200px]]===Used in a Sentence===|-: |Trees are '''living things'''.: |Flies a '''living things'''.: Humans |Mushrooms are '''living things'''.|}
===Be Careful!===
[[: Fire]] is '''not''' a living thing. You can start a fire without another fire but living things always need other living things to make them. Also fires can get bigger spread and they can go out, but it is they do not growing, it is spreadinggrow.: [[Plant|Plants]] '''can''' move. For example their [[Flower|flowers]] and [[Leaf|leaves]] can turn to face [[The Sun]].
==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===Anything which can [[move]], [[respond]], [[sense]], [[grow]], [[Reproduction|reproduce]], [[excrete]] and get [[nutrition]] (food) is considered to be a living creature.
: '''[[Adjective]]''': Alive
===MRS GREN===
If something is [[Alive]] is must be able to:*'''MovementMove''' - To change direction.*'''ReponseRespire''' - To behave differently when the environment changesGet energy from food.*'''Sense''' - To be able to notice when respond to changes in the environment changes.*'''Grow''' - Get To get bigger.
*'''Reproduce''' - To make copies of itself.
*'''Excrete''' - To get rid of waste products.
*'''Nutrition''' - To take in new materials for growth and repair.
 
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
[[File:Microbe.png|right|300px|thumb|A [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] is the smallest thing considered to be [[alive]].]]
Something is considered to be '''alive''' if it follows all 7 criteria for living creatures: [[MRS GREN]].
 
===About being Alive===
: All living creatures are made of tiny parts called [[Cell (Biology)|cell]]s.
: These [[Cell (Biology)|cell]]s follow the criteria of [[MRS GREN]].
 
===MRS GREN===
: [[MRS GREN]] stands for:
*'''Movement''' - All living creatures can change direction when moving.
*'''Respiration''' - All living creatures can get energy from food.
*'''Sensitivity''' - All living creatures can respond to changes in the environment.
*'''Growth''' - All living creatures can get bigger by taking on new material.
*'''Reproduction''' - All living creatures can make copies of themselves.
*'''Excretion''' - All living creatures can get rid of waste materials.
*'''Nutrition''' - All living creatures can take on new materials for movement, growth and repair.