Needs of Living Things
Characteristics of Living Things
Give an example of a...
Pass the Bread Lab
Riddles
100

What are the four things living things need?

food, water, living space, stable internal conditions

100

True or false: cells work together to carry messages and keep you alive

true

100

A unicellular organism

Possible answers:

- bacteria

- an organism with one cell

100

What were the 3 conditions of our bread?

- damp

- dry

- gluten free

100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An egg

200

Organisms that make their own food are called a.)_____________ and organisms that can not make their own food are b.)_____________

Options: heterotroph and autotroph 

a.) autotroph

b.) heterotroph

200

What is the most abundant chemical in our body?

water

200

A multicellular organism

Possible answers:

- humans

- plants

- animals

- organism with many cells

200

This lab was inspired by scientist ________.

a.) Redi

b.) Pasteur

b.) Pasteur

200

What month of the year has 28 days?

All of them.

300

True or false: an organisms surroundings must provide what it needs to survive.

true

300
When organisms reproduce they create an ___________ that is similar to them.

offspring

300

A stimulus and its response

Possible answers:

- lights/pupils

- loud noise/reaction, being startled

- sunlight/plant growth

- lemon/sour taste 

300

True or false: living things can arise from nonliving things

false

300

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

darkness

400

One property of water that is vital to living things is its ability to dissolve more _____________ than any other substance on Earth.

chemicals

400

Name 2 ways we use energy

possible answers:

- repair injuries/heal

- read/write

- digest food

- move around

400

A heterotroph

Possible answers:

- organism that can not make its own food

- human

- animal

- mushrooms

400

Living things arise from living things through _____________.

reproduction

400

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

a window

500
Give an example of homeostasis (maintenance of stable internal conditions)

Possible answers:

- need for water, we become thirsty

- our body temperature stays the same/regulates when we come in connect with cold or hot weather

500

Name the 6 characteristics of living things. (Ms B can give 3 hints) 

1. cellular organization

2. chemicals

3. energy use

4. response to surroundings

5. grow and develop

6. reproduce

500

An autotroph

Possible answers:

- organism that can make its own food

- plants

- some bacteria

- fungi

500

What was the manipulated variable in our lab?

The water on the piece of bread or the gluten free piece of bread. Manipulated variable is the one factor that was changed.

500

It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?

your name

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