1. How living things maintain balance
Homeostasis
How living things maintain balance
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2. Paper lays long-ways

3. how living things/cells maintain balance
Homeostasis:
how living things/cells maintain balance
cut every 7 cm
Fold as shown, title, make a mark every 7cm, then cut

4. how living things/cells maintain balance
Homeostasis:
how living things/cells maintain balance
Making new cells
Obtaining & using energy
Title the doors

5. how living things/cells maintain balance
Homeostasis:
how living things/cells maintain balance
Plants get energy by making their own food in a process called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Making new cells
It takes place inside the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ plants & animals combine food with oxygen to produce water, carbon dioxide, & _ _ _ _ _ _.
Answers: photosynthesis, chloroplasts; cellular respiration, energy

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