Sunday, February 22, 2015

5th Science - 2/23/15


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i9NDLpUNnnolgEJA7DotVkPRvVwXg_j99A04tlZWj_4/pub

Homework:

2/24 - YES! Copy vocabulary words with definition in NB again as you will be assess daily on these words and on your weekly quiz.

2/25 - Bring in a raw chicken egg and a clear plastic contain to break the egg in.

1.  organism - An organism is a living thing.

2.  cell - Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things. The human body is composed of trillions of cells.

3.  chlorophyll - Chlorophyll is a chemical found in the chloroplasts of plants that allows the plant to absorb light. Energy from the light is used in photosynthesis to make glucose.

4.  tissue - is similarly specialized cells which together perform certain special functions.

5.  organ -  a group of tissues in a living organism that have been adapted to perform a specific function.

6.  organ system - An organ system is a group of organs that work together for one purpose.

7.  cell wall - is a tough, rigid layer that surrounds some types of cells. Cell wall is a characteristic feature to cells of plants, bacteria, fungi, algae and some archaea.

8. nucleus - is a cell structure that contains hereditary information, or DNA, and controls cellular growth and reproduction.

9. bacterium - bacteria, singular bacterium, any of a group of microscopic single-celled organisms that live in enormous numbers in almost every environment on Earth


10. chloroplast -  structure within a green plant cell in which photosynthesis occurs.