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Living Things Mo2-L1a: What are Living Things?
Lesson 1

Let’s Begin

In this topic, you will learn the following What are living things?
lessons:
All living things have six characteristics in common:
Mo. 2 - L1a What are Living Things? 1. Living things are
Mo. 2 - L1b Classification of Living Things made of cells.

2. Living things are
Mo2-L1a What are living things? organized.

KEY CONCEPTS: 3. Living things grow and
1. What are living things? develop.
2. What do living things need?
4. Living things respond to
their environment.
Vocabulary A-Z

Let us learn some vocabulary 5. Living things reproduce.
6. Living things use
energy.
Autotroph
an organism that converts light energy to usable
energy for that organisms. Key Concept
What are living things?

Heterotroph
an organism that obtains energy from other
organisms

Habitat
the place within an ecosystem where an organism
lives; provides the biotic and abiotic factor an
organism needs to survive and reproduce. Some living things are unicellular, which means they
are made up of only one cell.

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