Vocabulary
Characteristics of Life
Dependence
Organization of Living Things
Grab Bag
100
Cells
What is the smallest building blocks of all living things.
100
Killer whales must come to the water surface about every four minutes. What characteristic of life is being illustrated?
Acquiring materials.
100
How does Henry sitting in his highchair illustrate his dependence on his parents?
His parents must prepare and serve Henry is food in order for him to eat.
100
Tissue
What is a group of cells called?
100
Respond
What is to react to a stimulus?
200
Reproduce
What is to produce offspring?
200
You heart is made of tissues, and tissues are made of even smaller things. What characteristic of life is this describing?
Made of cells.
200
A fox near a rain puddle.
The fox depends on the rain puddle to provide him water.
200
Organ
What is different kinds of tissues working together called?
200
Organism
What is a living thing?
300
Adapt
What is to adjust routine behavior?
300
A baby kangaroo spends up to eight months in its mother's pouch. What characteristic of life is this illustrating?
develop
300
A bee to a flower.
Bees pollinate the flowers, while flowers provide food for the bees.
300
Biosphere
What is the parts of the earth that can support life called?
300
Principle
What is a rule that helps us to identify patterns seen throughout nature?
400
Multicellular
What is to consist of one or more cells?
400
Dudley and Bender bark at other animals as they walk by our front window. What characteristic of life is this illustrating?
Respond
400
A squirrel and an oak tree
Squirrels depend on the tree for acorns for food and shelter. Oak trees depend on the squirrels to scatter their acorns.
400
Community
What is the population of different species living side by side called?
400
Offspring
What is a new organism produced by one or more parents?
500
Dependence
What is a relationship in which an organism needs something else in order to survive?
500
A green lizard sits on a green leaf to hide from its predators. What characteristic of life does this illustrate?
Adapt.
500
A remora fish on the surface of a manta ray.
Remora fish eats the parasites off of the manta ray.
500
Species
What is a group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring called?
500
System
What is a group of parts that work together to perform a task?