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Understanding Plant Life and Characteristics

The document outlines an assignment focused on understanding the characteristics of living things, specifically plants and their life processes. It includes questions about defining life, comparing living organisms to non-living entities like cars, and requires explanations of various life processes and characteristics. The assignment is structured to assess knowledge through multiple questions with a total of 30 marks available.

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Understanding Plant Life and Characteristics

The document outlines an assignment focused on understanding the characteristics of living things, specifically plants and their life processes. It includes questions about defining life, comparing living organisms to non-living entities like cars, and requires explanations of various life processes and characteristics. The assignment is structured to assess knowledge through multiple questions with a total of 30 marks available.

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Assignment 1

1. Is a plant a living thing? [1 mark]


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2. Give two reasons for your answer in (1) above [4 marks]
(a)________________________________________________
(b)________________________________________________
3. Name two life processes in a plant [2 marks] (a)
_______________________________________________ (b)
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4. Living things carry out seven important life processes. Certain things that are not alive also
carry out some of these life processes. Cars, for example, move and excrete
(a) Explain why it is reasonable to think that cars excrete [2 marks]
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(b) Name two other processes which cars carry out that are like life processes.
[2 marks] ____________________________________________________
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(c) Explain why the two processes you chose in part (b) are like life processes.
[2 marks] ____________________________________________________
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(d) How will you convince somebody that cars are not living.
[2 marks] ____________________________________________________
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5. List and explain any five characteristics of living things that you did not mention in the above
questions [15 marks]
(a)__________________________________________________
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(b)_________________________________________________
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(c)__________________________________________________
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(d)__________________________________________________
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(e)__________________________________________________
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Each correct answer is 3 marks. One mark awarded for the characteristic and two marks
awarded for the explanation.

Total[30 marks]

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