Understanding Living Things and Cells

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What are living things?

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Living things are organisms that share seven characteristics of life.

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What are examples of nonliving things in a classroom?

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Desks, books, and lights.

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What are examples of living things in a classroom?

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Classmates, teacher, and plants.

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What is the first characteristic all living things have in common?

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They are made up of the building blocks of life.

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What are living things made of?

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Cells.

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What did early scientists lack to observe cells?

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Tools to observe cells or study them.

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What tool is similar to the first microscope?

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A magnifying glass or hand lens.

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What did Robert Hooke use to look at cork?

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A microscope.

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What did Hooke describe the small openings in cork as?

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Little boxes.

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What did Hooke name the small structures he observed?

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Cells.