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Living Things

Use complete sentences to answer the following questions.

1. Describe 3 ways that a mushroom and a dandelion are alike. Describe 3 ways that they are different.

Alike: Both are living things. Both need food to survive. Both cannot move around to different locations.
Different: The mushroom is a fungus and the dandelion is a plant. The mushroom produces spores and the dandelion produces seeds. The mushroom absorbs food from living or dead things, while the dandelion produces its own food.

2. Why do plants need chlorophyll, while you do not?
Plants need chlorophyll to produce food in their leaves. People get their food from plants and animals. We do not produce food in our bodies.

3. Arthropods have jointed legs. A lobster, a butterfly, and a squirrel have jointed legs. But, one (1) of these animals is NOT an arthropod. Which one? Explain why.
A squirrel is not an arthropod because arthropods are invertebrates and a squirrel is a vertebrate. (Has a backbone)
Page A8 Plant Cell : Label cell wall,cell membrane, cytoplasm, chloroplast, nucleus