Thursday, September 2, 2010

KWL of living things

All living things are made up of one or more cells. There are two types of cells; animal and plant cells. The things that those two types of cells have in common are:
-the nucleus (the brain or "the control center of the cell")
-cell membrane (a wall that keeps the cell together, and controls what goes in and out of the cell)
-cytoplasm (the "goo" where most of the cell's activity takes place)
All living things also obtain and use energy. They use enerfy for warming themselves, moving/running, etc. All living things grow and develop. For some it takes less, for others more time, but eventually they all develop. All living thinhgs reproduce. Sopme species are born in eggs, some species are given birth to by their mothers, while plants reproduce through seeds. All organisms need to get their energy from somewhere. We get it from food, while plants use photosynthesis, a process of creating food using sun rays, water and sugar. And finally, all living things have to die. Some can survive for centuries, but they still need to face the end one day.

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