Characteristics of Living Things
A sunflower begins life as a seed. Once rooted in the soil, it gradually matures into a plant that are usually about five to six feet tall.
What is "develops and grows"?
Surrounds and protects an animal cell
What is the cell membrane?
Surrounds and protects a plant cell. Made mostly of cellulose.
What is a cell wall?
The study of life
What is biology?
The biggest country in the world by area.
What is Russia?
Nettle plants have poisonous spikes to prevent animals or insects from eating them.
What is "adapts to changes in its environment"?
The brain of the cell, which controls its activities.
What is the nucleus?
The typical shape of a plant cell.
What is rectangular (or squarish)?
Life is diverse, but all life shares certain things in common.
What is the Big Idea of our unit?
The official start date of spring.
What is March 20?
Dandelions produce seeds
What is "it reproduces"?
The powerhouse of the cell
What is mitochondria?
The food producers of the cells.
Chloroplasts
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
The tallest mountain in Canada.
What is Mount Logan?
The three little piggies breath air, drink water, eat plants and then do their "business"
What is "it exchanges with its environment"?
What is cellular respiration?
Plants absorb the energy of the sun and through a chemical process create their own usable energy.
What is photosynthesis?
The smallest unit of living matter.
What is a cell?
How long a human can live without water.
What is about three days?
Gorilla have a mainly vegetarian diet of trees stems, leaves, and fruits
What is "it requires energy"?
The two outputs of cellular respiration.
What is carbon dioxide and water?
The two outputs of photosynthesis.
Water and oxygen.
The Greek philosopher who more or less invented biology.
Who is Aristotle?
The only mammal that cannot jump.
What is the elephant?