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Chapter4 lssn 1
6th grade Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Homeostasis | Homeostasis is the body's automatic process of maintaining a stable, balanced internal environment. |
| Vertebrate | an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. |
| Invertebrate | Invertebrates are animals that lack a backbone or internal skeleton. |
| Adaptations | Adaptations" refers to changes helping organisms survive (like webbed feet or migration), adjustments in living things to new conditions (like humans moving to a new culture), or new versions of creative works (like a book becoming a movie). |
| Describe the three things that all animals have in common | being the ability for movement (motility), development of sensory organs, and internal digestion. |
| Describe the four functions of animals | Nutrition (getting food/energy), Respiration (gas exchange for energy), Movement/Response (finding food/mates, escaping danger via senses and muscles), and Reproduction (creating offspring). |
| Describe how animals are classified and the three ways these relationships are determined | based on shared traits, with modern systems emphasizing evolutionary history (phylogeny) using evidence from physical features (morphology), developmental patterns (embryology), and increasingly, DNA (genetics) |