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Characteristics of Living Organisms - iGCSE edexcel Biology

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An organism that can produce its own food for energy
Autotroph
Primary photosynthetic pigment
Chlorophyll
Organism that obtains energy and nutrients by consuming other organisms
Heterotroph
Source of energy for plants in photosynthesis
Sunlight
Biochemical process carried out in all living organisms where cells release energy from glucose molecules
Respiration
Process of removing waste products produced by metabolic activities from an organism
Excretion
Description of a plant’s response to light
Phototrophism
An organism’s ability to detect and respond to stimuli in its environment
Sensitivity
Change in position or place by an organism
Movement
Organisms whose cells contain membrane-bound organelles including a nucleus
Eukaryotic
Organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles
Prokaryotic
Multicellular organisms that lack cellulose cell walls, chloroplasts and have nervous coordination
Animals
The form which fungal cells store carbohydrates
Glycogen
Organisms that are multicellular, have cellulose cell walls, contain chloroplasts for photosynthesis, and store carbohydrates as starch or sucrose
Plants
Microscopic single-celled eukaryotic organisms that may have features resembling animal or plant cells
Protoctists
Feeding method of fungi
Saprotrophic nutrition
Small circular loops of DNA found in prokaryotic cells
Plasmid
Organisms that feed on dead organic matter
Saprobiont
Microorgnisms that cause disease in another organism
Pathogen
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