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A1.1 - Characteristics of Living Organisms

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  • ✓list the seven characteristics of living organisms
  • ✓describe how humans show these characteristics
  • ✓write clear scientific definitions of the seven characteristics
  • ✓apply these ideas to simple Caribbean examples and exam-style questions.
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Picture a plastic bottle floating in the Caribbean Sea, a dry coconut on the sand, and a small crab running along the shore. Only two of these have ever been alive, the coconut and the crab. How could a scientist explain why the coconut and crab are classed as living, but the plastic bottle is not?
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Make a prediction before we start. Predict: which statement do you think best describes characteristic of living organisms?

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Picture a plastic bottle floating in the Caribbean Sea, a dry coconut on the sand, and a small crab running along the shore. Only two of these have ever been alive, the coconut and the crab. How could a scientist explain why the coconut and crab are classed as living, but the plastic bottle is not?
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