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Explain the characteristics of living organisms.

Class 6CBSEScienceChapter: Living Organisms and Surroundings
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There are following characteristics of living organisms
  • All living organisms require food. The food gives energy for growth and to maintain other life processes.
  • All living organisms show growth. Young ones of animals grow into adults. Plants also grow.
  • All living organisms respire. In respiration oxygen is used for the oxidation of food and carbon dioxide is produced.
  • All living organisms respond to stimuli. All plants and animal respond to light, heat and the changes around them.
  • All living organisms show excretion. The process of getting rid of waste product by the living organisms is called excretion. Plants also remove their wastes.
  • All living organisms reproduce. The process by which plants and animals produce young ones of their own kind is called reproduction.

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