Senses/Structures
Name the five senses
Sight, hearing, taste, feel, smell
What organ (body part) interprets or makes sense of the information from the senses?
The brain
What animal waves its' large claw to communicate?
A male fiddler crab
What problem were the Tembe people having?
Illegal logging-people cutting down trees illegally
Travels away from source in straight lines
Name one sense the cat at the beginning of the unit used to hunt the mouse.
Hearing, sight, smell, touch
What nerve sends messages from the eye to the brain?
Optic nerve
Why do animals communicate?
To survive, find mates, warn others, or get food.
What sense was most useful for detecting chainsaws?
Hearing
What is reflection?
Light bounces off of an object
How do whiskers help a cat when hunting?
Sense movement/touch
How do memories help animals make decisions?
They help animals remember what is safe or dangerous.
What is one reason why male fiddler crabs wave their large claw?
To attract females
What tool shows sound as an image?
Spectrogram
What is it called when light is soaked or absorbed into an object?
Absorption
What are the body parts on the outside called?
External structures
Draw a diagram of how the wild caught songbird decides to eat or not eat a firebug
The songbird sees the firebug, the message goes to optic nerve, then message goes to brain, brain decides it is harmful and doesn't eat it
What animals flashes lights to communicate?
Firefly
What is a constraint engineers had to consider?
Limited people/limited resources
What is refraction?
Light passes into a material and changes direction
Why do different animals have different eye structures?
They help animals survive in different environments.
How do animals use their senses to communicate and survive?
Animals use their senses to send, receive, and interpret signals that help them find food, avoid danger, and find mates.
How are firefly flashes a form of communication?
To find a mate
How did the rainforest protection system communicate information?
It send coded messages to a phone
How do we see objects?
Light travels in straight lines from source, bounces off object, and into our eyes