2.1 understand that all living organisms share 8 characteristics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/life_processes/activity/

All living organisms share the following basic characteristics:

Move

Respire

Sense

Homeostasis

Grow

Reproduce

Excrete
Nutrition

You can remember it through this a mnemonic: MRS. H. GREN