from molecules to organism 2

Question 1

Molecule

Answer 1

A tiny group of building blocks that are stuck together

Question 2

Environment

Answer 2

The environment includes everything living and nonliving in a area. for example the environment of a giraffe is water, trees, and animals and other nonliving things like rocks and soil.

Question 3

Organism

Answer 3

Any living things like a plant, animal, or even a tiny bacteria

Question 4

Surroundings

Answer 4

All the physical surroundings of the earth

Question 5

Natural Environment

Answer 5

A place where interactions impacts are minimal

Question 6

Senses

Answer 6

The way the body receives signals from the environment and uses them to learn, explore, and interact with the world

Question 7

Information transfer

Answer 7

When one or more animals send information to other animals that effects their behavior (smell/odor, temperature/ ect.)

Question 8

Processing

Answer 8

The process of which animals receive information from their environment, process it and respond to it. ( perception/memories),(behaviors/actions)

Question 9

Behavioral Adaptations

Answer 9

The way the animal act in order to survive.

Question 10

Structural Adaptations

Answer 10

The way an animal is made or built to help them survive.

Question 11

Support Vocabulary

Answer 11

ectotherms, meaning they cannot generate their own body heat but instead must move to a warm/sunny spot to absorb heat from the Reptiles (lizards, turtles, snakes)environment in order to have energy to digest food, ect. endotherms, meaning they can generate their own body heat and do not have to warm up in order to digest food, ect. They may be active in colder temperatures than reptiles).Mamals (humans, rabbits , dolphins/whales, bears, ect.