Plants
What part of the plant brings in nutrients and water?
The roots
Why can't we see objects in a completely dark room?
There is no light to reflect off of objects.
This internal structure helps the animal think and make decisions based on stored memories.
The brain
When a pollinator eats nectar from a flower, what gets stuck to it to carry to another plant for reproduction?
Pollen
How do we see objects?
Light reflects off of the object.
What is the difference between internal and external structures?
When pollen from another flower makes its way into the pistil, the pistil uses the pollen to make what?
Seeds
A bird sees an orange and black butterfly and recalls from a stored memory that orange and black butterflies make it sick when eaten. What will the bird do?
The bird will avoid eating it.
A bat receives sound information by sending out sound waves that are reflected back to it to locate prey. What sense receptor is being used?
Hearing
Emily is observing two plants. Plant A is watered everyday and Plant B hasn't been watered since it was planted. What do you expect Emily to observe about Plant B?
Plant B will not survive because it is not getting the water and nutrients it needs.
This is the process the body uses to respond to information received through the senses.
Step 1: Sensory receptors receive information from the environment.
Step 2:
Step 3: Response is sent to the correct body system.
Step 4: Information is processed and response is selected.
Describe the missing step.
Information is sent to the brain.
An elephant receives sound vibrations through it's feet to help find mates. What sense receptor is being used?
Touch
The spines make it hard for animals to eat the cactus.
Elephants use scent clues to tell the difference between two human tribes to avoid tribes that hunt them. When they sense a tribe that has hunted them in the past, they avoid it.
What type of information processing are the herd of elephants using to make the choice to avoid the tribe and where is the information stored?
Stored memories in the brain.
What is the purpose of birds having different shaped beaks to survive?
To get food or eat.