Vocabulary
Explain Yourself
Why Though?
100
Actions by one thing that have an effect on a different or separate thing
Interactions
100
You accidentally touch the hot stove and burn your hand. How does remembering this experience help you?
Remembering this experience helps you learn not to touch the hot stove because it will burn you and it will hurt. Once you hurt yourself on a hot stove, you will not do it again!
100
How animals are able to sense sounds in their environment?
Receptors pick up the information about sound waves and send it to the brain.
200
Having characteristics that are particularly suited to a certain function
specialized
200
You are hungry. You walk into the kitchen and find your favorite meal cooking on the stove. How does your body respond to the messages your brain is receiving?
Possible student answers could include: Your mouth will start to water and your stomach will growl. You will probably smile because you know you will get to eat good food soon.
200
Different sensory receptors are located in different parts of the body. How might sensory receptors in the eyes differ from those in other parts of the body? Sense receptors in the eyes need to be–
sensitive to changes in the light.
300
Things that detect changes in the organism's environment
Sense Receptors
300
Can certain types of animals have stronger senses than others? Explain and give examples.
Yes, some animals have certain senses that are very strong and help them to survive. For example, organisms that live in the deep ocean, such as an octopus, do not have a keen sense of sight. It is dark in the deep ocean, so they must use their sense of smell to help them find food. Owls have a great sense of sight because they need it to find food while flying high in the sky.
300
What goes in slot TWO?
Information sent to the brain
400
Information stored in the brain
memories
400
Cause: Because the pit viper can sense warmth with the pits on its head . . .
What will be the effect?
It is able to figure out where its prey is located
400
What adaptation does a mouse have to allow it to use its sense of smell to find food?
special cells in its nose
500
Receives and sends messages throughout the body in order to tell body parts what to do
brain
500
What is the cause??
________________-. . . the shark is able to find animals in its area.
Because the Shark can sense electric fields of organisms
500
How does memory help guide the actions of an animal?
Animals can avoid actions that have been harmful to them in the past.