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Living Things

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Moving Animals move their whole body to find food, mates, shelter or to escape danger Parts of plants move to absorb light used for PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Respiration Respiration is the release of energy from food
Sensitivity The ability to react to change in the environment. When an organism senses a change it must be fast to respond in order to adapt and surviveq
Feeding Nutrition is how an organism gets its food
Excretion The remival of waste products from cells, it must be expelled from cells otherwise the waste could become toxic.
Reproduction The ability to produce new individuals, it ensures that a type of organism won’t become extinct.
Growth Growth is an increase of a living thing
Photosynthesis Biological chemical reaction that is involving light
Nucleus Controls all cell activities, contains DNA
Cell membrane Holds cell contents, allows substances to go in and out of the cell
Cell wall Gives structure to the cell
Cytoplasm Jelly like substance, cell parts are suspended in this liquid, Chemical reactions happen here
Mitochondria Produces energy, Known as the “powerhouse” Respiration happens here
Chloroplast Contains a green chemical called chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis. photosynthesis happens here
Vacuole Storage of food waste and water
Ribosome absorbs the protein in your food for growth and repair
Nosepiece Used to rotate the objective lenses into position
Fine focus knob Used to see the image more clearly at high magnification
Stage Used to hold the object for viewing
Objective lens Used to magnify the image
Eyepiece lens The lens you look through
Coarse focus knob Used to focus the image at low magnification and used to move the stage
Light Shines light up through the object
Clips Used to hold the microscope slide in place
Calculating total magnification Eyepiece lens power x Objective lens power
Microscope slide Is a thin piece pf glass that the object to be viewed on is placed on
The cover slip Is a very thick piece of glass that is placed on top of the object to be viewed
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