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The changes that happen to an organism during its life
What is: Life Cycle
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Any living thing
What is: organism
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What is the outer, protective layer of a cell called?
What is: cell membrane
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Which of these is an inherited trait: learning to talk, having brown eyes, learning to ride a bike, having several hobbies.
What is: having brown eyes
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In a plant cell, after the cell wall comes the __________. (BE ABLE TO LABEL THIS ON A PLANT CELL, p. 56)
What is: cell membrane
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Passed on from parents
What is: Inherited
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What type of cells keep a plant in the ground?
What is: root cells
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What part of the cell tells the cell how to do its job?
What is: nucleus
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Mrs. Rasheed plants a seed in soil in a pot. Then she places the pot inside her bedroom closet. She waters the seed every other day for a week. Infer what will happen to the seed in a week. Explain.
What is: The seed will sprout because seeds do not need light to grow.
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The liquid-like substance floating in the middle of the cell that keeps the cell parts in place. (BE ABLE TO LABEL THIS ON A PLANT CELL, p. 56)
What is: cytoplasm
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A tiny building block that makes up every part of an organism
What is: cell
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What do all living things use to grow?
What is: energy
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What does a plant cell have that an animal cell does NOT have?
What is:cell wall
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Mrs. Sauer has two dogs. One is a female and the other is a male. Both dogs have white fur and blue eyes. If the dogs have a puppy, infer what the puppy will look like. Explain.
What is: Since both dogs have white fur and blue eyes, the puppy will probably inherit both of those traits. The puppy will likely have white fur and blue eyes.
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The part of a plant cell that makes food for the plant and is shaped like a green, crescent moon. (BE ABLE TO LABEL THIS ON A PLANT CELL, p. 56)
What is: chloroplast
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An organism wrapped in a chrysalis, that doesn't move or eat
What is: pupa
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What are the differences between living and nonliving things?
What is: Living things - reproduce, adapt to change, use energy to grow Nonliving things - don't reproduce, don't adapt to change, don't use energy to grow
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How do tulips and daffodils begin their life cycle?
What is: Bulbs
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A grasshopper goes through an incomplete metamorphosis. A butterfly goes through a complete metamorphosis. Use these insects to explain the difference between an incomplete metamorphosis and a complete metamorphosis.
What is: A grasshopper looks the same during its entire life cycle. When a grasshopper hatches from an egg, it looks like a tiny adult. At each step, the grasshopper grows bigger but looks the same. The butterfly's appearance totally changes during its life cycle. The life cycle begins when an egg hatches into a caterpillar. Then the caterpillar wraps itself in a chrysalis. It emerges from the chrysalis as an adult butterfly.
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The large storage area in a plant cell (BE ABLE TO LABEL THIS ON A PLANT CELL, p. 56)
What is: vacuole
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Series of changes in appearance
What is: metamorphosis
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What instrument do you use to look at a cell?
What is: a microscope
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Which sequence is correct in the life cycle of an organism?
What is: Birth, growth, reproduction, death
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The outermost (most outside) part of a plant cell (BE ABLE TO LABEL THIS ON A PLANT CELL, p. 56)
What is: cell wall
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The center/control center of the cell (BE ABLE TO LABEL THIS ON A PLANT CELL, p. 56)
What is: nucleus
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