Definition
An organism having or consisting of many cells.
What is an Multicellular Organism
Plants _____ to changes in their environment.
Respond
Respiratory system, Digestive system, and circulatory system.
What are three out of the 5 human organ systems covered in our presentation?
This animal uses gills to breathe underwater.
What are fish?
The ability to move from one place to another.
What is Locomotion?
Small multicellular organisms use _______ to obtain oxygen.
Diffusion
This system exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide between blood and the external environment.
What is the Respiratory System?
Messages sent to your brain.
What are Signals?
An animal of a large group consisting without a backbone or a spinal column.
What is an invertebrate?
At the end of the ________ are round sacs of alveoli, where gas exchange occurs.
Bronchioles
This system breaks food down into small particles, called nutrients, that can be transported by the circulatory system to all cells of the body.
What is the Digestive System?
This specific category of animals use muscle contractions to move.
What are vertebrates?
A system of tubes in a plant that transports water and minerals from the roots to the shoots.
What are Xylem Vessels?
A flap-like structure in the _______ opens when you breathe, but closes when you swallow food.
Trachea
This system transports nutrients, dissolved gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide), and wastes to and from individuals cells in the organism.
What is the Circulatory System?
The place where any of the fine branching blood vessels form a network between arterioles and venues.
What are capillaries?
A system of tubes in a plant that transports nutrients (such as dissolved sugars) from the leaves to the rest of a plant.
What are Phloem Vessels?
Muscle/bones have many ________ that convert food energy into motion
Mitochondria
An organism is only as strong as its weakest system
How are these Organ systems like a chain?
What are the main factors that affect plant growth?
There are five primary factors that affect plant growth: light, water, temperature, nutrients, and gravity