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Living Things
Vocabulary Words
Arthropod Animal that has legs with several joints
Cell Basic Unit of structure of all living things
Embryo Part of a seed that contains a small plant
Fruit Part of a flowering plant that protects the seeds
Fungi Living things, such as mushrooms and mildew, that do not
produce their own food
Hyphae Threadlike parts of a mushroom that help it reproduce
Invertebrate Animal without a backbone
Microorganism Tiny organism made up of one cell
Mold Cottony fungus that can grow on bread
Spore Cell that can grow into a new fungus
Vertebrate Animal with a backbone
 Be able to label the following parts of a plant cell: cell wall,
cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, and chloroplast
 Scientists use a microscope to observe a microorganism.
 A worm is an example of an invertebrate.
 Plants need chlorophyll to produce food in their leaves.
People do not need chlorophyll because they do not produce
food in their bodies. They get food from plants and animals.
 The seeds of a fruit bearing plant form in the plant’s flowers.
 Yeast is a type of fungus.
 A squirrel is not an arthropod because arthropods are
invertebrates and a squirrel is a vertebrate.
 A snail is an invertebrate.
 Chlorophyll is the green pigment that plants need to make
food.
 A mushroom and a dandelion are alike because they are both
living things. Both need food to survive. Both are unable to
move around to different locations. They are different
because the mushroom is a fungus, while the dandelion is a
plant. The mushroom produces spores, while the dandelion
produces seeds. The mushroom absorbs food from other
living things and dead things, wile the dandelion produces its
own food.
 Some examples of arthropods are ants, crabs, and spiders.