We are wrapping up our focus on SC.5.L.14.2 comparing and contrasting the function of organs and other physical structures of plants and animals, including humans, for example: some animals have skeletons for support -- some with internal skeletons others with exoskeletons -- while some plants have stems for support. Hoping for a short test on this Friday 9/30.
Starting animal adaptations next week, and looking to wrap that up by Friday 10/7 with a short test.
Aiming for a Life Science Unit Test Friday 10/7.
Additionally we have really started to dig into social studies. We're learning about the early civilizations in North America.
No vocabulary quiz this week (9/29).
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Life Science Vocabulary Quiz on Sept. 16th
Quiz on these words Sept. 16th
1.amphibian: an animal that spends part of its life in the water and part on land; an animal that lives on land
as an adult but lays its eggs in water (related word: amphibious)
2.animal: an organism that is made of many cells, cannot make its own food, and can move during at least
part of its life; a member of kingdom Animalia
3.arthropod: a large category of animals without backbones that includes insects, spiders, and crustaceans
4.bird: warm-blooded vertebrate with feathers, wings, and a beak whose young are born from eggs
5.classify: to group things based on similar characteristics (related word: classification)
6.consumer: an organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its
own food (related word: consume)
7.decompose: to break down into simple nutrients (related word: decomposition, decomposer)
8.egg: an animal's female reproductive cell (related word: ovum)
9.embryo: an early stage in the growth of an organism in which the organism is made up of a small number
of cells
10.fish: an animal that lives in water, has fins and scales, and breathes through gills
11.food chain: a model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
12.food web: a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things
13.invertebrate: an animal that does not have a backbone
14.larva: a young animal that will eventually undergo metamorphosis (related word: larvae)
15.mammal: a warm-blooded animal with hair that produces milk for its offspring
16.nymph: an immature form of an insect that will go through metamorphosis to become an adult; usually
closely resembles the adult insect
17.organism: any individual living thing
18.photosynthesis: the process in which plants and some other organisms use the energy in sunlight to
make food
19.plant: an organism that is made up of many cells, makes its own food through photosynthesis, and
cannot move; a member of kingdom Plantae
20.producer: an organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or
animals
21.pupa: the stage during the life cycle of an insect between the larva and the adult
22.reptile: a cold-blooded animal with scaly skin (related word: reptilian)
23.vertebrate: an animal with a backbone and an internal skeleton
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