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structure and function of plants and animals
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| structure | the way something is shaped or what it is made out of that makes it good for a specific function - part of an organisms body |
| function | what a structure can do |
| predator | an animal that hunts and eats other animals |
| prey | an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals |
| stimuli/stimulus | gives us information about our surrounding environment - anything that causes a reaction |
| response | the bodies reaction to a stimuli |
| reflect | to cause light to bounce off a material |
| environment | all the living and nonliving things in an area |
| conservation | the protection of plants and animals in an environment |
| sensory receptors | sense stimuli information |
| variable | an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change. |
| tropism | move in response |
| phototropism | plants move in response to light |
| gravitropism | plants move in response to gravity |
| thigmotropism | plants move in response to touch |
| sensitivity | how strongly something responds to information |