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All organisms are composed of cells and these cells carry on all life processes. Cells grow, reproduce, live for so long and die, respond to light and other environmental conditions, use energy and water, and get rid of waste etc. Plants and animals can be unicellular (one-celled) or multicellular (made of many cells). Most of the organisms on Earth are unicellular. Energy comes from the sun and is the source of almost all energy used to produce the food for living organisms. Plants capture that energy and convert it to chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis. In other words, plants make their own food through photosynthesis. ENERGY + H2O + CO2 SUGAR + O2 Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts of the plant cell. The chloroplasts contain chlorophyll that absorbs the sunlight that is needed to produce the reaction above. Animals do not make their own food but eat plants or other animals for their energy. Elodea Plant Cell Human Cheek Cell Amoeba: unicellular protist

Paramecium: unicellular protist

Euglena:protist

View the different slides provided and draw what you see in the space below. 1. Lilac Leaf 4x

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2. Onion Cell 4x

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3. Blood Cell 4x

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4. Cheek Cell: Use the toothpick to carefully and lightly scrape the inside of your cheek. Do not poke at your cheek (IT SHOULD NOT HURT!). Smear the toothpick on the slide. 4x 10x 40x

Questions: 1. Plants create their own food through a process called _______________________. 2. Write the reaction for this process below.

3. What 2 parts do plants have in their cells that animals dont have in their cells? _________________________________________________________________ 4. What do plants have in their cells that allow them to make their own food? _________________________________________________________________ 5. Classify the following organisms as unicellular or multicellular. a. Monkey _______________________ b. Amoeba _______________________ c. Grass _________________________ d. Paramecium _____________________ e. Flower ________________________ f. Baby _________________________ 6. What is the main source of energy? ______________________________________ 7. What does the nucleus of the cell do? ____________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 8. Are most organisms (plants, animals, etc.) unicellular or multicellular? _____________ 9. How do animals get their energy? _______________________________________ 10. What are 2 life processes that cells undergo? _____________________________