Chaacteristics of living things

Living things differ from non-living things based on certain characteristics. There are 7 characteristics that identify living things and these can be remembered with the acronym MRS GREN.

Movement

Respiration

Sensitivity

Growth

Reproduction

Excretion

Nutrition.

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