External Animal Structures
What is the importance of fur in animals?
Fur is important for keeping an animal warm
When Mrs. Frizzle is rowing the boat, she gets hiccups. Ralphie tells her to hold her breath and it slows her down. Why did Mrs. Frizzle slow down?
Mrs. Frizzle did not get enough air. Which means she did not have the oxygen to make her muscles work.
What internal structure helps the body to stand up straight?
Bones help the body to stand up straight.
Where are smells processed?
In the brain.
What is the nervous system?
What is the importance of teeth in animals?
Teeth help animals to eat.
Dull teeth are important for herbivores or animals that eat plants.
Sharp teeth are important for carnivores or animals that eat meat.
When you breath in air, what part of air does the body use?
Hint: Air is made up of different elements and they are; nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide.
The body uses oxygen.
What internal structure helps the body to move?
Muscles help the body to move.
How do salmon use smells?
Salmon use smells to migrate to different bodies of water.
Why is the brain important?
The brain helps us make decisions. It is the control center of our body.
What is the importance of claws in animals?
Claws help animals catch prey
When the oxygen is in the lungs, what carries it throughout the body?
What internal structure helps us to bend?
Joints help us to bend.
The nose has two types of structures to help protect the lungs. What are they?
Mucus lining and hairs.
The two types are sensory nerves and movement nerves.
Sensory nerves help with feeling.
Movement nerves are used to tell your body how to move.
All external features are for what?
All external features PROTECT the insides of the body.
The red blood cells pick up carbon dioxide.
What internal structure holds muscles to bone?
Tendons hold muscle to bone.
Warning: this one is gross!
How are boogers formed?
Boogers are formed when dirt gets in the nose.
Why is the spine important?
The spine is the center of the body and houses all the nerves.
What are 3 examples of external features in humans?
Skin, Hair, fingernails.
When muscles get overworked they excrete (leak) something? What is it?
Muscles excrete lactic acid.
What internal structure holds bones to joints?
Ligaments hold bones to joints.
Warning: This one is also gross.
Why are boogers important?
Boogers trap dirt and keep it from getting down into our lungs.
What is reaction time? Why is the brain important to reaction time?
Reaction time is how fast it takes the body to react and do something. The brain processes the reaction we have when an event happens.