Chapter 8 Science Vocabulary

The process of shedding in outgrown exoskeleton

• Cartilage

• Molting

• Joint

• Muscle

A connective tissue that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends of bones and keeps them from rubbing together

• Cartilage

• Molting

• Joint

• Muscle

A place in the body where two bones come together

• Cartilage

• Molting

• Joint

• Muscle

 A tissue that contracts or relaxes to create movement 

• Cartilage

• Molting

• Joint

• Muscle

Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism reacting some way

• Interneuron

• Stimulus

• Impulse

• Response

A cell that carries information through the nerve system 

• Interneuron

• Neuron

• Sensory neuron

• Motor neurons

nerve cells that detect stimuli. Organ such as eyes and ears contain these

• Interneuron

• Neuron

• Sensory neuron

• Motor neurons

nerve cells that pass information between neurons

• Interneuron

• Neuron

• Sensory neuron

• Motor neurons

are nerve cells that carry response information to muscles and other organs

• Interneuron

• Neuron

• Sensory neuron

• Motor neurons

receives information from the environment and and coordinates a response 

• Nervous system

• Brain

• Interneuron

• Neuron