Body systems of Animals

Found in most chordates, includes central and peripheral nervous systems

• Complex Nervous Systems

• Complete Digestive System

• Oxygen Circulation

• Coelom

Found in most invertebrates, includes nerve net and some sensory organs

• Simple Nervous System

• Nutritional Needs

• Complex Nervous Systems

• Types of Digestion

Critical for life, drives electron transport chain, essential for ATP production

• Tissues of Development

• Closed Circulatory System

• Nutritional Needs

• Oxygen Importance

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Varies from breathing in through noses to diffusion in water or through spiracles

• Oxygen Intake

• Complex Nervous System

• Capillaries

• Tissues of Development

In complex organisms, oxygen moves through the body via the circulatory system

• Oxygen Circulation

• Oxygen Importance

• Energy Acquisition

• Complete Digestive System

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Blood circulates within vessels, distinct from an open circulatory system

• Open Circulatory System

• Closed Circulatory System

Small vessels where arteries and veins meet, found in extremities

• Body Tissues

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

Autotrophs produce energy, while heterotrophs consume other organisms for energy

• Tissues of Development

• Nutritional Needs

• Energy Acquisition

• Powerful Digestive Enzymes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plants like Venus Fly trap have unique digestion methods, while animals vary in digestive capabilities

• Complex Digestive systems

• Nutritional Needs

• Types of Digestion

• Simple Digestive systems

Has separate openings for ingestion and waste excretion, unlike incomplete systems

• Types of Digestion

• Incomplete Digestive system

• Complete Digestive System

• Nutritional Needs