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Functions of living beings

Functions of living beings

Read the information in these three images about the functions that living beings perform.
Nutrition. Yolanda Varela. (CC BY-NC-SA)		Nutrition Autotrophic Heterotrophic
Reproduction Asexual Sexual	Reproduction. Yolanda Varela (CC BY-NC-SA)
Interaction. Yolanda Varela. (CC BY-NC-SA)		Interaction Stimuli Sense organs

Activity 1

1. Listen and write the words.
	Cloze (1):		Cloze (2):
	Cloze (3):		Cloze (4):
	Cloze (5):		Cloze (6):
	Cloze (7):		Cloze (8):
	Cloze (9):		Cloze (10):
	Cloze (11):		Cloze (12):
	Cloze (13):		Cloze (14):

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Activity 2

2. Complete the words with the missing letters
Heterotro Cloze (1): JXUwMDI4JXUwMDE4JXUwMDAxJXUwMDBh	Nut Cloze (2): JXUwMDJhJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFk on	Fu Cloze (3): JXUwMDM2 gi	Car Cloze (4): JXUwMDM2JXUwMDA3JXUwMDFm ore
Herbi Cloze (5): JXUwMDJlJXUwMDE5JXUwMDFkJXUwMDE3	Rep Cloze (6): JXUwMDJhJXUwMDFk duction	S Cloze (7): JXUwMDM3JXUwMDFh rce	I Cloze (8): JXUwMDM2JXUwMDFh eraction
Om Cloze (9): JXUwMDM2JXUwMDA3JXUwMDFm ore	Offspr Cloze (10): JXUwMDMxJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5	Sp Cloze (11): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDA2 ies	Bu Cloze (12): JXUwMDNj ding
Frag Cloze (13): JXUwMDM1JXUwMDA4JXUwMDBiJXUwMDFh ation	Or Cloze (14): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBi id	O Cloze (15): JXUwMDJhJXUwMDE1 anism	Ba Cloze (16): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDE3JXUwMDEx ria
Autot Cloze (17): JXUwMDJhJXUwMDFk phic	Ener Cloze (18): JXUwMDNmJXUwMDFl	Int Cloze (19): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDE3JXUwMDEz ct	Cloze (20): JXUwMDA4JXUwMDIyJXUwMDFk tozoa
Bi Cloze (21): JXUwMDM2JXUwMDBm ry fission	Sexu Cloze (22): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBk	S Cloze (23): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDBi se orga Cloze (24): JXUwMDM2 s	Ase Cloze (25): JXUwMDIwJXUwMDBk al

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Activity 3

Activity 4

4. If you have paid attention to all the previous information, you will be able to choose the right word to make correct statements.
Humans perceive stimuli through the Cloze (1): organs.	Strawberries, Cloze (2): and orchids show asexual vegetative reproduction.	Humans, animals and fungi Cloze (3): produce their own nutrients.	Living beings that eat plants are called Cloze (4): .
Plants need Cloze (5): to synthesize food.	Fungi reproduce Cloze (6): .	If a living being eats plants and other animals, it is Cloze (7): .	It is necessary to have two individuals of the Cloze (8): sex for sexual reproduction

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Extra activity

Search the Internet or the school library to learn about these questions.
1. Find reasons why it is important to protect biodiversity.	2. Which species are in danger of extinction in our country and in Galicia at the moment?	3. Are there any protected areas where you live? Write a text about them, the species they inhabit them and place them in a map.

Projects

PROJECT 1 Create a poster or a model where all elements that are part of biosphere can be seen.	PROJECT 3
	Make a closed terrarium. Watch this video to help you understand the idea. Build a tiny plant world. Scishowkids. YouTube. (YouTube standard) - With the help of students performing projects 1 and 2, write a fact sheet for every element inside the terrarium. - Take some photos of the elaboration and the days afterwards. Create a slideshow and explain the rest of students how you created the terrarium and the processes that happen inside.

PROJECT 2 Create a slideshow explaining all types of asexual reproduction.

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Speaking of Science foi realizado por Yolanda Varela Guzmán durante unha licenza por formación no curso 2018-2019.