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Activity 1
What makes up an organism?
Objectives
In this activity, you should be able to:
1. identify the parts that make up an organism,
2. describe the function of each part, and
3. describe how these parts work together in an organism.
Materials Needed
Writing materials
Posters and pictures of organisms, organ systems, organs, tissues,
and cells
Procedure
Read the selection below and answer the questions that follow.
You are an organism just like the plants and animals.
Figure 1. Pictures of a human being, plant, and an animal
Have you ever asked yourself what makes you up
and the other organisms around you? Figure 2
shows a model of a human torso.
Q1. What parts of the human body do you see?
Q2. To which organ systems do these parts
belong?