2 Complete the passage below by choosing the words from this
list:
excretion growth irritability movement nutrition
organisms reproduction respiration
A Living things are often called ______________.
B All living things release energy from their food in a process
called ______________, which happens inside their cells.
C Some of the energy is used for ________________, which
usually happens more quickly in animals than in plants.
D The food from which the energy is released is taken into
the body in a process called ________________.
E All living things get bigger as they get older. This process
is called __________________.
F The production of young is called ____________________.
G Waste substances are removed from organisms by the
process of ____________________.
H The seventh characteristic shown by
all living organisms is ____________________, which
means that they are sensitive to things around them.
A Living things are often called ________organisms______.
B All living things release energy from their food in a process
called _______respiration_______, which happens inside their cells.
C Some of the energy is used for ______movement__________, which
usually happens more quickly in animals than in plants.
D The food from which the energy is released is taken into
the body in a process called ________nutrition________.
E All living things get bigger as they get older. This process
is called _________growth________
F The production of young is called _____reproduction_______________.
G Waste substances are removed from organisms by the
process of _________excretion___________.
H The seventh characteristic shown by
all living organisms is ________irritability____________, which
means that they are sensitive to things around them.