Vocab
What is any living thing?
Organism
What is a jelly like substance that surrounds organelles?
cytoplasm
What is an animal with a backbone?
vertebrate
How the body receives information from the environment?
Senses
What controls what can enter or leave the cell?
cell membrane
What are parts that make up the cell?
Organelles
What process gives plants food and gives off oxygen?
photosynthesis
invertebrate- butterfly, crab, jellyfish
What are characteristics or behaviors that are passed down and not taught- like bears hibernating, birds migrating and birds building nests.
inherited traits
What are organisms with more than one cell?
multicellular
Why doesn't animal cells have chloroplasts?
They do not make their own food, they get food from other organisms.
What does it mean when animals have an internal temperature controlled by their body?
warm blooded (birds, mammals)
What are the three major structures of the nervous system?
spinal cord, brain, nerves
What uses chlorophyll and makes food for the plants?
chloroplasts
What is the brain of the cell? It controls cell activities
nucleus
Which part of the plant carries water and nutrients to leaves and flowers?
roots
What does it mean when an animal's body temperature matches the temperature outside?
cold blooded (fish, amphibians, reptiles)
What is one function of the nervous system?
homeostasis- internal self steady
What are nerve cells that send signals to the brain and spinal cord?
neurons
What is something that causes a response or reaction?
stimulus
What part of the plant captures sunlight for photosynthesis?
leaves
How do you get your scientific name?
genus and species- it is the name of the species across different languages
what is a pattern of automatic behavior.thinking that animas are born with?
instincts
What are the 5 groups of vertebrates?
birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals