Vocabulary
Internal structures
External structures
Turtle senses
Plants
100
Define what the beak of a turtle is
Beak: A part of the turtle's mouth.
100
Where is an internal structure located?
Inside
100
What parts of a turtles body does the head contain?
The turtle's eyes, nose, and beak
100
How many senses does a turtle have?
5- Sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste
100
What do plants need to survive?
Sunlight
Water
Soil/nutrients
200
Define the plastron
Plastron: The bottom shell of the turtle
200
How many internal systems are there?
5- Respiratory, skeletal, digestive, nervous, and circulatory
200
How many external structures on a turtle did we discuss?
6- plastron, carapace, scute, flipper, head, and beak
200
What sense is most important?
They're all equally important!
200
What are the external structures of a plant?
Roots, Stem, Leaves, Fruit, and flower
300
What are the bumps under turtles chins called?
Barbels
300
What is one structure within the respiratory system?
Trachea or lungs
300
What is the difference between the front and back flippers?
Turtles use their front flippers to propel themselves through water and their rear flippers to steer and stabilize while swimming.
300
True or false: Turtles have well developed eyesight
True!
300
What do the leaves do for a plant?
Uses sunlight and chlorophyll to covert CO2 and water to sugar
400
Define the scutes
Scute: Sections of the carapace
400
What is one structure within the circulatory system?
Heart or arteries/veins
400
What is the difference between the plastron and carapace?
The plastron is the bottom shell of the turtle and the carapace is the top shell of a turtle.
400
True or false: Turtles have ear drums which causes them to have great hearing
False- turtles don't hear well because they lack the ear drum.
400
A. Flower
B. Bud
C. Leaves
D. Stem
E. Roots
500
Define the xylem
Xylem: tubes in a plant that carry water from the roots
500
What is the function of the trachea?
The trachea is a tube-like structure that allows air to get to and from the lungs.
500
Hoe does the carapace promote a turtles survival?
It protects the turtles internal organs.
500
How does sound information travel to the brain?
Sound waves hit the ear drums, which send nervous impulses along the auditory nerve to the brain
500
Define capillary action
Capillary action: a process during when water moves up something