Structures and Functions

Structures and Functions

Structure

A part of the body that helps an organism survive.

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Example: Legs, ​beak, tail, feathers, hands, leaves, thorns

Function

How a structure helps an organism survive.

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Function

Examples:

• Thorns protect plants from being eaten.

• ​Elephant's trunks help them drink.

• Plants stems ​transport water/food and supports the plant

• ​A Komodo dragon's tail balances it as it runs

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Multiple Choice

What traits can help animals survive?

• Traits that help animals see more of their environment.

• Traits that help animals become camouflaged in their environment.

• Traits that help animals find mates.

• All three answers

Multiple Choice

All insects have _____ stages in their lifecycle.

• 9

• 3

• 4

• 1

Reorder

Put in order the different stages of a frog's life cycle.

• Eggs

• Tadpole

• Tadpole with back legs

• Tadpole with 4 legs

• Adult frog

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

Which trait can be influenced by the environment?

• A trait that determines height.

• A trait that determines intelligence.

• All three

• A trait that determines running ability.

Open Ended

Give an example of how a trait helps an animal survive.

Multiple Choice

If a parent cactus has spines, the offspring will have  ______

• fruit
• spines
• leaves
• petals 

Multiple Choice

Traits are passed down from parents to _____________.

• inherit

• trait

• parent

• child

Dropdown

A rose has thorns to ​ ​

Select answer

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of a beetles life cycle?

• seed, seedling, plant, flower

• flower, plant, larve, adult

• egg, larve, pupa, adult

• larve, pupa, adult, egg

Multiple Choice

What is the group of stages that a living thing goes through from the beginning of its life until the end, called? 

• life history
• life cycle
• growing season
• I do not know

Multiple Choice

A plant begins its life as a? 

• seed
• petal
• flower
• i do not know

Multiple Choice

The part of a plant that contains the seeds is the __________.

• pollen
• fruit
• seedling

Multiple Choice

Organism

• A single, self-contained, living thing

• An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism

• What something does

• An animal that is hunted as food

Multiple Choice

Environment

• A single, self-contained, living thing

• An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism

• What something does

• The space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism

Multiple Choice

Characteristic

• A single, self-contained, living thing

• A feature that helps identify something

• What something does

• A characteristic that helps animals blend in with the surrounding environment and increase their chances of survival

Multiple Choice

What would happen if a flower stopped producing seeds?

• The life cycle would continue

• the life cycle would stop

• the life cycle would go backwards

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

To change

• adapt

• run

• prey

• thrive

Multiple Choice

Most animal life cycles begin as ______.

• seeds

• eggs

• shells

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

A _______ is how a part of a plant/animal helps that plant/animal to survive.

• structure

• body part

• function

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

A _______ is the part of an animal/plant that helps it to survive

• function

• structure

• stem

• root

Multiple Choice

What is a characteristic?

• A characteristic that helps animals blend in with the surrounding environment

• A feature that helps identify something

• The space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism

• An arrangement of parts

Multiple Choice

What is an environment?

• A characteristic that helps animals blend in with the surrounding environment

• A feature that helps identify something

• The space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism

• An arrangement of parts

Multiple Select

What is an example of a characteristic of a plant? Select all that apply.

• make their own food

• come in different sizes

• are living things

• are abiotic

Multiple Choice

The tail on a spider monkey is an example of a -

• Function

• Structure

Multiple Choice

The very large hooked beak on an Eagle is used to rip the meat from its prey. This is an example of a--

• Structure

• Function

Multiple Choice

The teeth on a crocodile is an example of a ---

• Structure

• Function

Multiple Choice

The roots of a plant absorbs water and minerals from the soil. This is an example of a ---

• Function

• Structure