Structure & Function Indeed
Each structure has a specific job it performs or a __________
What is a function?
The stomach and small intestines
What is the digestive system?
The colorful part of our eye that can be different shades of brown, blue, or green
What is the iris?
Any structure or behavior that helps a living thing meet its needs for survival
What is an adaptation?
The body system that helps you move
Muscular System
Some structures are ____________, which means that they are on the outside of the body such as feathers, scales, or hair.
What is external?
The brain
What is the nervous system?
The black circular part of our eye that allows light to enter our eye.
What is the pupil?
Any coloring, shading or pattern that helps an animal hide
What is camouflage?
The five senses
What are hearing, smelling, seeing, touch and taste?
Other structures such as the brain, heart and intestines are ______________ because they are on the inside.
What is internal?
Your bones
What is the skeletal system?
The first layer of the eye that helps us focus
What is the cornea?
An adaptation that an owl might use to capture its prey
What are sharp talons, keen eyesight, flight or any other acceptable response?
True or False? As more light enters the eye, the size of the pupil decreases.
What is true?
The amount of time required by an organism to respond to some sort of stimulus is known as ___________________ time.
What is reaction time?
The heart
Circulatory system
We actually perceive images upside down, but this part of our body flips the image so we can see things right side up.
What is the brain?
The reason an animal might have large eyes such as a tarsier, an owl, or the slow loris.
What is to help them see better at night?
The reason an Arctic fox's fur changes with the change of seasons.
To help it hide from predators (camouflage)
Something that causes a response from an organism such as a dog hearing its food being poured into its bowl.
What is a stimulus?
Lungs
What is the respiratory system?
The back part of the eye that acts like a movie screen and processes the light.
The retina
When an animal pretends to look like another species that is dangerous or less tasty to predators
What is mimicry?
True or False? A bat uses echolocation to help it taste its food.