1. Characteristics of living things Vocabulary PowerPoint

2. Word DefinitionPicture Cell Basic unit of life

3. Word DefinitionPicture Unicellular Made of one cell

4. Word DefinitionPicture Multicellular Made of more than one cell

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

6. Word DefinitionPicture Response A reaction caused by a stimulus

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

8. Word DefinitionPicture Ectotherm Cold blooded – body temperature changes

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

10. Word DefinitionPicture Asexual reproduction One parent

11. Word DefinitionPicture Sexual Reproduction 2 parents

12. Animals and other consumers get energy from their food.

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

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

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

16. 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!

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

18. 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?