Minecraft: Controls/ What is a mob?

Walk forward: W
Walk left: A
Walk Right: D
Walk Backwards: S

Look around: Move Mouse

Mine and Fight: Left Click
Place Block/use items: Right Click
Drop item: Q
Inventory: E


Simple enough :) To mine something just hold down the left mouse button, to place a block or eat something or use a workbench etc. You just right click. Now that we are done with the essentially boring details here is a little guideline chart I made on not getting slaughtered the first time you play:

These are called Mobs. I have not included all of the mobs in Minecraft, but this is still pretty spot-on. Below is a list of all the mobs in the game:
Hostile= Zombie, Slime, Lava Slime, Blaze, Ghast. Creeper, Skeleton, Wither Skeleton, Spider, Cave Spider, Spider Jockey, Witch, silverfish, Wither, Ender Dragon

Neutral=Wolf, Zombie Pigman, Enderman

Passive=Cow, Mooshroom(These are very rare), Chicken, Pig, Bat, Ocelot/Cat, Sheep, Squid, Villager

There are also two mobs that you can create, Snow Golems and Iron Golems(Which kick righteous butt). We can worry about that later though.

Here is a link if you wish to learn more about mobs: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Mobs