Grade 4 Structures and Functions of Living Things

What structures help this organism to survive?

What is the structures function?

• It's small beak is used call to it's mates.

• It's big eyes are used to see at night when searching for prey.

• It's sharp and long talons are used to pick it's nose.

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This Praying Mantis spends a lot of time against leaves. How does the pattern on it's body help it survive?

• The bright leaves attract prey.

• It's body also looks like leaves so it can blend in with it's environment.

• It's body is too big for a predator to eat.

Which adaptation would help a plant collect more energy from the sun?

• large flowers

• short stems

• broad leaves

• deep roots

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Leonard takes some glasses and fills them with water. He adds food coloring to the glasses. He puts celery in each glass.

The next day he looks at the celery.

Leonard said "The (a)   transport water to the rest of the plant."

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Tiffany went into her garden and noticed her plants looked like this. Why do damaged leaves like this affect the growth of her plants?

• The plant attracts fewer insects.

• The plant takes in less water.

• The plant does not have support.

• The plant makes less food.

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Complete the sentence to explain how the predator can see it's prey.

Light (a)   off the object and then enters the eyes.

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What structures help this organism to survive?

What is the structure's function?

• The fruit helps the cactus catch light so it can grow.

• The spines help protect the plant from predators.

• The bright color of the fruit helps attract birds.

An echidna is an unusual creature with thick spines covering it's whole body. It also has sharp claws on it's front and back feet. An echidna is the only animal that can dig and burrow directly under itself in seconds.

How do the different traits of an echidna help it to survive?

Echidnas have _________________.

or

_____ helps the echidna to survive because _____.

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What structure helps this organism to survive?

What function helps the organism to survive?

• It's fins are used to swim smoothly through the ocean water.

• It's sharp beak is used to say "KAWABUNGA DUDE"!

• It's large shell is used to help small clown fish cross the large barrier reef to find their missing son named Nemo.

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Stacey claims the thorns on blackberry bushes protect the plants from being eaten by foxes.

She does an experiment. In her garden she

removes the thorns from half of her blackberry bush plants.

Two months later, she checks her blackberry bushes. What could Stacey observe that would support her claim?

• The bushes without thorns have blackberries and the bushes with thorns have little to no blackberries.

• The bushes without thorns have large berries while the bushes with thorns have small berries.

• The bushes with thorns and the bushes without thorns have no berries left.

• The bushes with thorns have blackberries and the bushes without thorns have little to no blackberries.

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