Science 6
Science 6
Label the parts of the nerves. Body’s cable where electricity flows
Nerve Cells
A. AXON
B. DENDRITES also called “neurons” the basic unit of
nervous system
C. CELL BODY Three major parts -- cell body, dendrite,
and axon.
Cell body - holds nucleus which controls
cellular activities.
Dendrites - branches that extends from the
cell body, responsible in receiving signals
from other neurons
Axon - longer extension.
Three classification of Neurons --
1) Sensory neurons carry the signals to brain
from sense organ
2) Motor Neuron carry signals from the brain
to the muscles, controls voluntary and
involuntary movements)
3) Interneurons are neurons that connect
spinal motor and sensory neurons.
Characteristic of Animals Identify which characteristics is being
describe.
1. Animal cannot make their own food -
animals need to feed themeselves by eating
plants, other animals, or both ______________________1. Have sensory organs
such as eyes, ears, skin and nose, which enable
2. Animals can digest food - their bodies them to find food, explore their surroundings,
consume food and then break them down into locate mates, and avoid danger.
molecules, small enough for their bodies to
absorb and use. ______________________2. It has many different
cells, which carry out different functions such as
3. Animal can sense the environment - sensing the environment, digestion of food,
sensory organs such as eyes, ears, skin and reproduction, and elimination of wastes.
nose, which enable them to find food, explore
their surroundings, locate mates, and avoid ______________________3. They contain
danger membrane-bound organelles like the nucleus
and mitochondria.
4. Animal are multicellular organism - has
many different cells, which carry out different ______________________4. Their bodies consume
functions such as sensing the environment, food and then break them down into molecules,
digestion of food, reproduction, and elimination small enough for their bodies to absorb and use.
of wastes. ______________________5. The animals need to
feed themeselves by eating plants, other
5. Animal cells, like plant cells, are animals, or both
eukaryolic - they contain membrane-bound
organelles like the nucleus and mitochondria.
Classification of Animals Classification of Animals
Vertebrates (vertebrae) - organisms that have Invertebrates - organisms thay do not have
an internal backbone surrounded by bone. a spine or a backone. Only few have skeleton
or no skeleton at all.
Endoskeleton - skeleton inside the body that Exoskeleton - skeleton outside the body.
supports the body’s tissues and muscles.
Six Groups of Ivertebrates
Five Classes or Groups of Vertebrates Arthropods - animals that have a hard,
outside covering called an exoskeleton.
Mammals - able to produce and secret milk from
the mammary glands to feed their offspring. Mollusks - have a mantle or mass of soft
flesh that covers the soft body and encloses
Fishes - live and lay their eggs in the water. the internal organs.
Birds - have festhers, wings, beaks, lungs, and Annelids - have no legs, and no hard
two legs. They hatched from eggs, they have skeleton.
wings but not all can fly.
Cnidarians - have stingins cellswhich are
Reptiles - live in water and on land, they have specialized celles that they may use mainly
scales and have their lungs that allow them to for capturing prey.
breathe, they lay their eggs on land.
Echinoderms - characterized by a hard,
Amphibians - live on land and in water, have spiny covering or skin.
smooth skin and have grills that allow them to
breathe, they lay their eggs in water. Poriferans - marine sponges found in
shallow waters attached to the rocks.