Vocabulary

Review

Structure of Living Things

Use a word from the box to name each
example described below. cell
cell membrane
1. a cell part that cytoplasm
stores food, water, and wastes
nucleus
2. an individual living mitochondrion
thing that can carry out all its own life activities vacuole
cell wall
3. a thin outer layer
of a plant or animal cell chloroplast
organism
4. a part of a plant cell
tissue
that uses energy from sunlight to make food
organ
5. a group of organs organ system
that work together to do a certain job

6. a large, round structure at the center of a

cell that controls all the activities of a cell

7. are the smallest part of a living thing that

can carry out life processes

8. the part of a cell that breaks down food

and turns it into energy for the cell

9. the gel-like material inside the cell

10. a group of similar cells

11. a body part made of different tissues

12. a hard outer layer of a plant cell

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Fill in the blanks. Then find the same words in the puzzle.

1. An organism that cannot make its own food, but instead

absorbs food from decaying organisms

2. a one-celled or many-celled organism that can either make, eat,

or absorb food

3. Any animal that has a backbone

4. The broadest group into which living things

are classified

5. An animal that does not have a backbone

6. One-celled living things that do not have

a nucleus
7. Any plant that has tubes for moving water and other

materials to where they is needed

8. Any plant that soaks up water from the ground directly

into its cells

T F N O N V A S C U L A R
F Y S Z X Y F Q A D M C I
K I N G D O M G J H O W C
W N A V V A S C U L A R V
Q C B A E L M W R O S X J
A X Q B R B L M W E E S N
Z D J W T W H F D U T D M
Q V Q S E Q O G H P G U H
N U Q Q B A C T E R I A R
I N V E R T E B R A T E W
W B U S A W T S I T O R P
F G X A T S S U G N U F W
H U K X E R E N O A R G U
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