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===MRS GREN===
 
===MRS GREN===
If something is [[Alive]] is must be able to:
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: [[MRS GREN]] stands for:
*'''Move''' - To change direction.
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*'''Movement''' - All living creatures can change direction when moving.
*'''Repond''' - To behave differently when the environment changes.
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*'''Reponse''' - All living creatures behave differently when the environment changes.
*'''Sense''' - To be able to notice when the environment changes.
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*'''Sensitivity''' - All living creatures can detect changes in the environment.
*'''Grow''' - Get get bigger.
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*'''Growth''' - All living creatures can get bigger by taking on new material.
*'''Reproduce''' - To make copies of itself.
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*'''Reproduction''' - All living creatures can make copies of themselves.
*'''Excrete''' - To get rid of waste products.
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*'''Excretion''' - All living creatures can get rid of waste materials.
*'''Nutrition''' - To take in new materials for growth and repair.
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*'''Nutrition''' - All living creatures can take on new materials for movement, growth and repair.

Revision as of 08:20, 2 September 2018

Key Stage 1

Meaning

Living things are things that are alive.

About Living Things

Living things can all grow, take in food and water, move, sense changes to the world around them, get rid of waste and make new living things.

Examples

These are all living things because they can all grow, take in food and water, move, sense changes to the world around them, get rid of waste and make new living things.
Tree.png
Fly.png
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Trees are living things. Flies a living things. 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 spread and they can go out, but they do not grow.
Plants can move. For example their flowers and leaves can turn to face the sun.

Key Stage 2

Anything which can move, respond, sense, grow, 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:

  • Move - To change direction.
  • Repond - To behave differently when the environment changes.
  • Sense - To be able to notice when the environment changes.
  • Grow - Get 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

A 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 cells.
These cells follow the criteria of MRS GREN.

MRS GREN

MRS GREN stands for:
  • Movement - All living creatures can change direction when moving.
  • Reponse - All living creatures behave differently when the environment changes.
  • Sensitivity - All living creatures can detect 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.