Life+&+Living

Living/Non living things Features of living things (7 features)

**Growth**
· seedling growth, different rates for different seedlings · animals growth, study of growth in cats, dogs and humans.

**Movement**
· different movements of animals, fish using fins, kangaroos hopping, sugar gliders, etc · limited movements in plants

**Reproduction**
· how plants reproduce, seeds, spores, runners, etc · animal reproduction, various case studies-changes from silkworm to moth, human reproduction

//Respiration/Feeding/Excretion//
· test for CO 2 (ie Limewater Test, Bromothymol Blue Test) · comparisons between animals/plants respiration · test for sugar (ie Benedicts solution) · test for starch (ie Iodine solution) This includes details about : -plants dependence on water and light. -animal dependence on plants Reference should be made to Photosynthesis.

**Sensitivity/Responding to Stimuli**
· animals use of their senses, studies of the snail and earthworm · plants grow towards/away from light, water, the earth, etc Plant group research-algae, fungi, mosses, ferns, conifers, flowering plants Animal group research-invertebrates and vertebrates, birds, fish, reptiles, mammals, amphibians