Lesson 63 of 84 · Ecosystems
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleFrom Tadpole to Frog (Part 2)
Ecosystems.
🎯 Your mission
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
⚡ The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how does the body solve this problem?
What You'll Learn
Photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose. Plants use carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil, releasing oxygen as a byproduct.
Key Words
- vertebrate
- invertebrate
- species
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Compare the skeletal structures of a bird wing, human arm, and whale flipper using diagrams. Identify homologous bones and write what this tells us about common ancestry.
Observe what happens and describe it in detail.
Record your observations in your science journal with measurements and descriptions.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which is NOT a characteristic of all living things?
Where you see this in real life
Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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