Vocabulary
A part on the outside of a plant or animal
External Structure
Plant Stem
External
Name the 5 senses.
Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, Touch
youngest rock layer
Top
absorb water and nutrients from the soil, and holds the plant in place
roots
A part inside a plant or anima
Internal Structure
Internal or External?
Lungs
Internal
receptors that gather information about the temperature of the environment
thermoreceptors
oldest rock layer
bottom
holds the plant up
stem
an animal that hunts and eats other animals
Predator
Internal or External?
Roots
External
these receptors can sense the weak electric fields given off by other creatures.
electroreceptors
What does finding a shell or fish fossil in a desert tell us?
That part of the land was once underwater or an ocean/lake
where the plant creates new seeds
flower
What does the brain and memory have to do with survival?
The brain tells you how to respond.
Name an external structure of a tiger that is used for protection.
Sharp teeth, sharp claws, long legs to run
receptors that can register levels of hot and cold as well as levels of pressure (pain)
Nociceptors
A preserved part or trace of an animal or plant that lived in the past
Fossil
capture sunlight and make food for the plant
leaves
Things that detect changes in an organism’s environment
Sense Receptors
Name an internal structure that a plant uses for survival.
Small structures in the stem that transport water and nutrients
receptors that sense the different chemicals in the food you eat
Chemoreceptors
How does the land change overtime?
climate change, natural disasters, ice and water
holds the seeds and protects them until they have a chance to grow
fruit