Animal Senses
What are the five senses of an animal?
Hearing; Sight; Smell; Touch; Taste
Some plants have this structure to protect it from hungry animals.
Thorns
This structure supports the leaves and flowers and bends towards the light, allowing the leaves to get sunlight.
Stem
This structure allows the elephant to hear all sorts of sounds and allows it to keep cool by giving off heat.
Ears
This structure takes in light allowing the elephant to see.
Eyes
This organ processes the signals the eyes are sending so the animal can understand that it is seeing an object.
Brain
This structure takes in water and nutrients from the soil and they grow downward to hold the plant in the ground.
Roots
Tiny hairs from this structure take in water and minerals from the soil and send it up the stem.
Roots
This thick straight structure supports the elephant’s body and allows it to walk.
Legs
This structure is both the elephant’s nose and upper lip and it helps the elephant to smell, breathe, trumpet, and squirt water.
Trunk
Think back to our predator and prey eyes demonstration. Why would a predators eyes be on the front of their skull and the prey eyes be on the sides of their skull?
Predators need to focus on the details in front of them to observe their prey. Prey animals must be able to observe their surroundings and react to attacks when needed.
What structure allows the plant to reproduce?
Flower
This colorful structure attracts bees and other insects to carry pollen to the plant.
Petal
This wide structure supports great weight allowing the elephant to walk quietly, and the pads on the bottom sense sound vibrations traveling through the ground.
Feet
This tough wrinkled structure protects the internal organs and keeps it cool.
Skin
What are the strings called that transport information from our senses to the brain?
Nerves
Inside this structure, there are 4 layers that use water from the soil, carbon dioxide from the air, and energy from the sun to make food.
Leaves
This structure contains the stamen and pistil which work together with pollen from insects of birds to create seeds for new plants.
Flower
This organ helps to filter out the oxygen from the air
Lung
Skeletal muscles are attached to this structure.
Bones
In order to see an object, sunlight must _______, or bounce off, an object.
Reflect.
Inside this structure are tiny tubes that carry water from the roots to the leaves allowing the plants to grow.
Stem
This structure uses water from the soil, carbon dioxide from the air, and energy from the sunlight to make food.
Leaves
What two internal systems are working together when you move your body?
Muscular and Nervous Systems
When skeletal muscles ______ it pulls on the bone and makes it ______.
Contract; Move