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| − | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | | + | : '''Move''' - A uses its legs and wings to move in search of food. |
| + | : '''Respire''' - A fly gets energy from the food they eat. | ||
| + | : '''Sense''' - A fly can see with its eyes and taste with its feet. | ||
| + | : '''Grow''' - A fly begins its life in an egg and grows into a maggot before becoming a fly. | ||
| + | : '''Reproduce''' - Flies can mate to make new flies. | ||
| + | : '''Excrete''' - A fly breaths out waste gas and leave droppings of waste material. | ||
| + | : '''Nutrition''' - Flies must take in new material by eating food. | ||
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| + | : '''Move''' - The leaves of an oak tree will move to aim toward the sun. | ||
| + | *'''Respire''' - Trees make their own food and send it around the tree to be used for energy. | ||
| + | *'''Sense''' - Oak trees sense the change in temperature and amount of light and lose their leaves in winter. | ||
| + | *'''Grow''' - Oak trees begin as a small seed and grow up to 20 metres tall. | ||
| + | *'''Reproduce''' - Oak trees make seeds called acorns which can grow into new oak trees. | ||
| + | *'''Excrete''' - Oak trees let out waste gases. | ||
| + | *'''Nutrition''' - Oak trees take in minerals and water the soil. | ||
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*'''Excretion''' - All living creatures can get rid of waste materials. | *'''Excretion''' - All living creatures can get rid of waste materials. | ||
*'''Nutrition''' - All living creatures can take on new materials for movement, growth and repair. | *'''Nutrition''' - All living creatures can take on new materials for movement, growth and repair. | ||
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Revision as of 08:45, 2 September 2018
Contents
Key Stage 2
Meaning
MRS GREN is a memory tool to help remember what makes something alive.
MRS GREN
If something is Alive is must be able to:
- Move - To change direction.
- Respire - Get energy from food.
- Sense - To be able to respond to changes in the environment.
- 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.
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Key Stage 3
Meaning
MRS GREN is an acronym used to help remember the criteria for something to be considered alive.
About 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.