7SCI: Introduction to Living Things

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What are Living things?

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7SCI: Introduction to

Living Things

Open Ended

Your Opinion: What are some characteristics that ALL living things have in common? No pressure...we're learning!

Vocabulary Check Up​

Use your notes to ensure you understand last night's vocabulary.​

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Multiple Choice

What is the smallest unit of life?

• Atoms

• Cells

• Molecules

• Compounds

Poll

An organism work so maintain homeostasis. This refers to the internal conditions of that organism being...

• unstable

• stable

• at the right temperature

• unchanging

Multiple Choice

If you need to sleep to give your body time to rest and restore itself, then your body is pushing you to sleep to....

• maintain homeostasis

• promote mitosis

• use energy

• conserve energy

Multiple Choice

All living things have cells that contain _______ or the genetic material.

• cell membranes

• cytoplasms

• DNA

• proteins

Multiple Choice

Anything that changes how an organism is behaving is a __________.

• homeostasis

• meiosis

• stimulus

• reaction

​Characteristics of Life

1. ​Cells

2. ​Sense & Respond to Change

3. ​Reproduction

4. ​DNA

5. ​Energy

6. ​Grow & Develop

​Life Goes On

• ​Single cell organisms grow until they divide.

• ​Multicellular organisms grow, develop, & the # of cells increases. (Remember the salamander?)

• ​Many organisms grow in stages.

• ​Energy fuels all life processes.

• ​Energy comes from food.

• ​Different organisms -- different food.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a list of the things that most organisms need to survive?

• shelter & food

• air, sun, & water

• food & water

• food, water, shelter, air

Multiple Choice

An organism makes and stores their own food. They are a...

• producer

• consumer

Multiple Choice

A consumer is an organism that eats...

• producers

• consumers

• producers and consumers

You are What You Eat....

​Nutrients are necessary:

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• ​Carbohydrates

• ​Proteins

• ​Fats

Multiple Choice

Consumers must eat things because they are not able to make their own food.

• Yes, that's right.

• No, that isn't correct.

Poll

Your Opinion: I could name the 6 characteristics that all living things share.

• Absolutely! Test me now!

• I got it, but I need to study.

• I am beginning to understand.

• I am very uncertain about this material.

Poll

Your opinion: I take any of the 6 characteristics and describe how they support life going on.

• I sure can!

• I will be able to do this after I review.

• Let me study some, and I think I will be fine

• I am lost.

Multiple Choice

An organism that obtains its food from breaking down other dead organisms or waste products is called...

• a producer

• a consumer

• a decomposer

• all of these