Unit 1 The Organisation Of Living Things

Unit 1: THE ORGANISATION OF LIVING THINGS

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CEIP NARCISO ALONSO CORTÉS


CONTENTS: OBJECTIVES:

1. What are living things like; Cells. 1.1 To know what a cell is.
1.2 To distinguish different types of
cells.
1.3 To recognise parts of a cell.

2.- The organisation of living things 2.1 To know what a tissue is.
2.2 To know what an organ is.
2.3 To know what makes up systems
2.4 To know what an organism is.

3.- Kingdoms 3.1 To distinguish five
different kingdoms.
3.2 To know the main characteristics
of the animal kingdom.
of the plant kingdom.
of the fungi kingdom.

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ACTIVITIES:
1,. Look at the magazine and complete the chart:

LIVING THINGS NON LIVING THINGS

ANIMALS PLANTS OTHERS

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1.- WHAT ARE LIVING THIGNS LIKE? CELLS

We can recognise living things because they share the following
characteristics:

 They are born. All living things come from other living
things.
 They eat. All living things need food.
 They grow. All living things increase in size during their life
time.
 They react. Living things can perceive what is going on
around them.
 They reproduce. Living things can create offspring similar to
themselves.
 They die.

There are three basic life processes:

 Nutrition. Living things eat food, which contains nutrients.
Nutrients are substances that living things use to grow or
provide energy.
 Sensitivity. Living things perceive what is happening around
them and respond to what they perceive.
 Reproduction. New living things replace the ones that die.

ACTIVITIES:

1.- What six characteristics do all living things have in common? Write:

Living things ……………………….

________________________________________________________

2.- Write five non-living things.

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3.- Complete the following sentences with: Reproduction, Nutrition or
Sensitivity.

a) ________________ involves ingesting food substances.
b) ________________ enables living things to perceive what is
happening around them.
c) _______________ enables living things to create offspring.

4.- Draw a picture for each life process.

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What is a cell?

Living things are made up of tiny units called cells.
Cells are the smallest living units in a living thing. Cells are living things.
This means that they carry out the life processes of nutrition,
reproduction and sensitivity.

Some living things are made up of a single cell. They are unicellular.

For example: The amoeba.

Other living things are made up of many cells. They are multicellular.

For example: You.

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ONE NAME, MANY TYPES

There are many types of cells. You can distinguish between plant cells and
animal cells.
Plant cells have wall; animal cells do not.

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There are many types of cells. Humans have hundreds of types of cells.
Different types of cells have different tasks or functions.

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Parts of a cell

Cells have three parts:
o The membrane is the covering around the cell.
o The nucleus is the part which controls the function of the cell.
o Cytoplasm is the space between the nucleus and the
membrane.
o Plant cells have also a wall around the membrane.

ACTIVITIES:

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1.- What are cells? Put in order the words in the box.

are – smallest – units – a – thing. – Cells – the - living – in - living

________________________________________________________

2.- Write TRUE or FALSE.

a) Cells aren’t living things.
b) Cells can reproduce.
c) There are living things with only one cell.
d) There are living things with many cells.
e) All the cells are the same.
f) All the cells do the same task.
g) Animal cells and plant cells are different.

3.- What’s the name of a living thing made up of a single cell?

4.- What’s the name of a living thing made up of many cells? Write three
examples.

5.- What is the main difference between an animal cell and a plant cell?

6.- Draw an animal cell and label its parts.

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7.- Draw a plant cell and label its parts.

2.- THE ORGANISATION OF LIVING THINGS

Multicellular living things have the following structure.
 Cells form tissues. Tissues are made up of the same type of cells,
which work together.
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 Tissues form organs. Organs are made up of different types of
tissues, which work together.
 Organs form systems. Systems are made up of different organs,
which work together.
 An organism is a complete living thing. Different systems work
together in an organism. All living things are organism.

You can find many different tissues in an organ. Look at this stomach:

ACTIVITIES:
1.- Put the words in order from the simple structure to the most complex
structure.
TISSUE – CELL – ORGAN – ORGANISM - SYSTEM
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2.- Write more sentences. Change the underlined words.

Tissues, such as muscle tissue, are made up of cells which work together.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

3.- Complete this text:

All living things are made up of __________. Cells group together to form
__________. Tissues form __________. Organs form __________. An
____________ is a complete living thing.

4.- Draw:
CELL TISSUE ORGAN

SYSTEM ORGANISM

3.- KINGDOMS

Living things are classified into five groups called kingdoms.

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The main kingdoms are the animal kingdom, the plant kingdom and the fungi
kingdom.

3.1 The animal kingdom.
o Animals are multicellular.
o Animals eat other living things.
o Animals can move from one place o
another.
o Animals have a nervous system and
sense organs.
o Animals react to stimuli.
3.2 The plant kingdom.
o Plants are multicellular.
o Plants use sunlight and substances from
the soil and air (carbon dioxide) to
make their own food.
o Plants cannot move from one place to
another. They have roots in the ground.
o Plants don’t have a nervous system or
sense organs.

3.3 The fungi kingdom.
o Most fungi are multicellular. A few are unicellular.

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o Fungi depend on other organisms for food.
o Fungi are fixed to something. They can not move.

Some examples of fungi are:

LICHENS
MUSHROOMS

MUSHROOMS

YEAST
MOULD
YEAST

Name: Class: Date:

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ACTIVITIES: 1. LOOKING AT FUNGI

I have looked through a microscope and I saw _________________.
It looks like

I have looked through a microscope and I saw ____________________.
It looks like

I have looked at two____________________________.
They look like

2. Read carefully: WHAT TYPE OF LIVNG THINGS ARE FUNGI?

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Fungi are living things. They are born, grow, reproduce, and die, but they
are not plants or animals.

Fungi are not plants because they cannot make their own food. They absorb
nutrients from the remains of other living things. They are not animals
because they don’t have sense organs and they cannot move.

Some fungi, such as yeast, are tiny to see. Others’ such as moulds, are also
tiny, but you can see them all together.

Some fungi are in the ground. In autumn, they become mushrooms and grow
above the ground. There are many edible mushrooms.

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GILLS

MATCH.

Fungi are they don’t have sense organs.

Fungi aren’t plants because born, grow, reproduce and die.

Fungi aren’t animals because they cannot make their own food.

3.- How to observe and describe fungus.

PROCETURE

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To describe a living thing, first observe it carefully.
Then talk about its size, colour and shape.
For example to describe a mushroom, answer these questions:
1.- What size is it? (Measure the height of the mushroom and
the width of the cap)

2.- What colour is the cap?

3.- What shape is the cap? (flat ,concave , or convex
.

4.- What colour are the gills?

5.- What colour is the stalk?

6.- What shape is the stalk? (Is it cylindrical or does the
thickness change?)

7.- Does the stalk have rings?

 Complete the chart:

SIZE Height
Width
CAP Colour
Shape
Gills
STALK Colour
Shape
Rings

1.4 Other kingdoms:
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Monera. They are unicellular organisms. They don’t have nucleus.
For example: Bacteria

CYTOPLASM

DNA

MEMBRANE

Protista. Most of them are unicellular, some are
multicellular. They live in water.
For example: Amoebas

Life cycle of a Mushroom

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Listen carefully and answer these questions:

1.- What is a mushroom?

2.- Is a mushroom a plant? Why?

3.- What is the beginning of a mushroom?

4.- Where are the spores produced in a mushroom?

5.- Where does the thread grows?

6.- Where does the thread take nutrients from?

7.- When does a mushroom star to grow?

8.- Write three parts of a mushroom.

9.- Can you eat all kind of mushrooms?

10.- What happens five years later?

Revision Lesson:

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1.- Identify the life processes: r……………………………, s……………………….. and
n……………………….

a. ……………………………. enables mushrooms to obtain nutrients and grow.
b. ……………………………. enables birds to travel to warmer places in winter.
c. ……………………………. enables poppies to produce other poppies.

2.- Match the columns and write sentences.

A tissue a group of similar cells
An organism a group of different tissues
A system a group of different organs
An organ a group of different systems

A tissue is made up of ………………………………………………………………………………………………
A……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3.- Read and write yes or no in each box.
CHARACTERISTICS ANIMALS PLANTS FUNGI PROTISTA MONERA
Feed on plants or
animals.
Can make their own
Can move from place
to place.
Are multicellular.
Are unicellular.

4.- Draw a living thing from each kingdom.

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5.- Draw an animal cell and a plant cell and label the parts: MEMBRANE,
NUCLEUS, WALL, CYTOPLASM

6.- Classify these living things: animal, plant or fungi.

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