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Characteristics of Living Things
5th Grade Science
Basic Units of Life
The Kingdoms of Life
Organism
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Any Living Thing
All living things are
made of cells.
Organisms carry out the
basic functions of life:
reproduce, get rid of
waste, respond, grow
and develop, and get or
make own energy.
Animal Cell
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Nucleus
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Mitochondrion
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Cell Membrane
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Cytoplasm
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Vacuole
Plant Cell
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Difference: a cell wall
and a cell membrane
Contains chlorophyll
which allows it to create
its own energy from the
sun.
Plant cell under a microscope.
Animal cell under a microscope.
What are living things made of?
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Cells- Tiny living parts
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Tissues – Made up of cells working together
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Organs – Made up of groups of tissues working
together
Organ system- Made up of groups of organs working
together
Human muscle cell
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This is cardiac muscle
cells.
Where would you find
cardiac muscle cells?
Groups of tissue form organs
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The heart is a muscle
that is important in
moving blood
throughout the body.
Body Systems
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The circulatory system
is made up of groups of
organs which work
together to do a specific
job.
Plant Kingdom
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Plants are broken up
into two different
groups: Vascular and
Nonvascular
Nonvascular Plants
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Plants without tubes.
Live near a water
source.
Usually are not very
tall.
Vascular Plants
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Have tubes to carry
nutrients from top to
bottom.
This allows some of
these plants to grow
extremely tall.
Animal Kingdom
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Two Major phyla
Vertebrates – Animals
with backbones
Invertebrates – Animals
with out backbones.
Chordata
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Animals with
backbones are put into
the phylum chordata.
Invertebrates
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Animals without
backbones tend to live
in oceans and have soft
bodies.
Fungi
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Multi Celled organism
Do not produce own
food.
Live off and decompose
other organisms
Examples – Yeast,
Morels, MildewsMolds – Mushrooms,
smuts, rusts
Protists
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Most are one celled
organisms
Some are plant-like
while others are more
animal-like.
Examples – Slime
molds, Diatoms,
Dinoflagellates, Green
Algae, Euglenas
Plant-like protists
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Euglena have the ability
to create there own food
because they contain
chlorophyl.
Bacteria
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Single Celled organisms
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No Nucleus
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Two types of bacteria
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Ancient Bacteria
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True Bacteria -Strep
throat
Some can be helpful,
others can be harmful.