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Uses energy from the sun or the chemicals in the environment to make food

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Producer

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Eats other organisms or organic matter

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Consumer

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Gets energy by breaking down nutrients in dead organisms or animal wastes

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Decomposer

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Maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment

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Homeostasis

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An example of a consumer

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Human / Frog

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An example of a producer

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Plant

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An example of a decomposer

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Mushroom

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Anything that causes a reaction/change in (any part) of an organism

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Stimulus / Response

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What is the difference between fats and oils?

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FATS are solid at room temperature OILS are liquids at room temperature

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Proteins are large molecules made up of smaller molecules

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Amino acids

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One sugar molecule or a few linking sugar molecules make up

Example : FRUIT

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Simple carbohydrates

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Molecules consisting of subunits call nucleotides

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Nucleic acid

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Energy giving nutrients that include sugar, starches, and fiber; contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

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Carbohydrates

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Living things store extra sugar that are made of hundreds of sugar molecules
Example : Potatoe

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Complex Carbohydrates

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Found in skin hair and muscles

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Proteins

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“The blueprints of life” Made up of nucleic acids

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DNA

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All living things break down food to use…

A

NUTRIENTS

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Compounds that cannot mix with water

A

LIPIDS

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Major energy carrying molecule in a cell

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ATP

Adenosine Triphosphate

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Name the 6 characteristics of living things

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Reproduce 
Have cells
Have DNA 
Sense and respond
Grow and develop 
Energy
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Where do plants get their energy

A

SUN

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Where do humans get energy

A

Consuming other organisms

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What is the difference between growth and development??

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Growth get BIGGER

DEVELOPMENT change as you grow

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What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction

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Sexual reproduction cells from 2 parents and offspring share traits of parents EXAMPLES humans, bears

Asexual reproduction 1 parent produces off spring identical to itself
EXAMPLE hydra

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What % of human body is water?

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70%

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What are the 6 main elements that make up living things?

CHOPNS

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Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen 
Phosphorous
Nitrogen
Sulfur
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Give 5 examples of stimuli

A 
Gravity
Light
Sound
Hunger
Chemicals
27
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Name 4 things all living things need in order to live

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AIR
FOOD
SHELTER
WATER

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What are the 5 chemical building blocks of cells

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PROTEINS 
CARBOHYDRATES
LIPIDS
ATP
NUCLEIC ACIDS
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What is the cell membrane used for

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Acts as a barrier between the inside of the cell and the cells environment.

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