MRS C GREN

9SCIE - Plants as Producers

Finn Le Sueur

2024

Brainstorm: How to be Alive?

MRS C GREN

  • M: movement
    • Even trees move, just very slowly!
  • R: respiration
    • Create energy through chemical reactions.
  • S: Sensitivity
    • Does the cold affect you? Can the environment kill you?

MRS C GREN Continued

  • C: circulation (or cells)
    • E.g. blood circulation, or you are made of one or more cells
  • G: growth
    • Do you grow and repair yourself?
  • R: reproduction
    • Can you create more of yourself?
  • E: excretion
    • Can you remove waste products from yourself?
  • N: nutrition
    • Can you take in nutrients for life?