Characteristics of living things Vocabulary PowerPoint

Word DefinitionPicture Cell Basic unit of life

Word DefinitionPicture Unicellular Made of one cell

Word DefinitionPicture Multicellular Made of more than one cell

Word DefinitionPicture Stimulus A change in the environment that causes a reaction

Word DefinitionPicture Response A reaction caused by a stimulus

Word DefinitionPicture Homeostasis Keeping everything in your body the same (temperature, etc.)

Word DefinitionPicture Ectotherm Cold blooded – body temperature changes

Word DefinitionPicture Endotherm Warm-blooded – body temperature always stays the same

Word DefinitionPicture Asexual reproduction One parent

Word DefinitionPicture Sexual Reproduction 2 parents

Animals and other consumers get energy from their food.

Word DefinitionPicture Consumer Organisms that get their energy by eating food (animals!)

Plants (Producers) use the energy from sunlight to make food by photosynthesis.

Word DefinitionPicture Producer Organism that gets energy from the sun (plants!)

Where does all the energy on the earth come from? THE SUN!! Plants get their food from the sun and everyone else gets their food from plants or animals that eat plants!

Word DefinitionPicture Decomposer Organism that gets energy by breaking down dead stuff

Exit slip: 1. What are cells? 2. What is a consumer? 3. What is a producer? 4. Give an example of a consumer. 5. Give an example of a producer. 6. What is a decomposer?