Characteristics Of Organisms

 The objective of making a report about the characteristics of

organisms is to be able to compare organisms to nonliving
things.

A. Collecting Information About The Characteristics Of

Organisms
 Organisms have specific characteristics which differentiate
them from nonliving things.
 Those characteristics are as follows.
1. Can Move
2. Need Food
3. Need Water
4. Need Oxygen To Breathe
5. Sensitive To Stimulation (Irritability)
6. Reproduce
7. Grow and Develop
8. Excrete Waste Substance
9. Need Certain Temperature

A. Concluding and Making A Report About The

Characteristics Of Organisms
 Plants and animals are included into organisms, so they
have the charac-teristics of living things. But there are
characteristic differences between them.
 The difference in characteristic among plants and animals
are us follows.
1. Movement Method
Animals move actively by changing places so we can
easily see their movement, while the movement in
plants passive movement (not changing places) so it is
hard to see their movement.
2. Method Of Obtaining Food
Plants can make their own food through the process of
photosynthe-sis, on the contrary, animals cannot make
 their own food, so their need for food depends on other
organisms.
Based on their food, animals are grouped into 3 groups
as follows.
a. Herbivores : animals which eat plants.
b. Carnivores : animals which eat meat (of another
animal).
c. Omnivores : animals which eat plants and meat.
1. Method To Respond To Stimulus
Plants have no particular organ to know the situation
around, while animals have organs to know the
situation around. The organ is kno-wn as sense.