Life processes
What are the names and give a brief description of the seven
life processes:
Movement; Animals move from place to place. Plants move by
responding to light
Respiration; They respire food to release energy
Rules for drawing a cell
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Write a heading that says the name of the cell
Draw in pencil
Only use single lines – no sketching!
No shading
Label lines drawn with a ruler
Label lines must be horizontal
State the magnification used
Microscopes
Label the parts of a microscope:
Sensitivity; Respond to surroundings
Specialised cells
Growth; Develop and increase in size
Reproduction; Produce offspring
Excretion; Living things get rid of unwanted waste products
Nutrition; Require food for respiration
Animal and Plant cells
Label these cells:
Name 7 specialised cells:
1.
Red blood cell;
2.
Nerve cell;
3.
Sperm cell;
4.
Root hair cell;
5.
Guard cell;
6.
Muscle cell; and
7.
Palisade cell;
Cell wall
Nucleus
Chloroplast
Cytoplasm
Vacuole
Cell membrane
Cell organisation
A: Eyepiece
B: Body tube
C: Course focusing knob
What is tissue: A group of similar cells
What is an organ: A group of different tissues
D Fine focusing knob
E: Low and high power objective
F: Stage
What is an organ system: A group of organs that work together
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Cell membrane
Unicellular organisms
Name six organ systems:
Name two unicellular structures: Euglena and Amoeba
Skeletal; circulatory; nervous; reproductive; respiratory and
digestive systems
What adaptations have taken place and why: Euglena have
developed a tail called a flagellum to help them swim.
Amoeba have developed a contractile vacuole with the
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function of collecting and squeezing out excess water.
Draw diagrams that show the position of organ systems in the human body
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