How do the otters get the molecules to grow their bodies?
Modeling How Animals Grow
You will make models of animals growing by using cubes representing food molecules and body molecules. The cubes are shown in the image below for the otter and the fish.
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Model 1: On page 10, the text says, “Inside the animal’s body, the food molecules are broken down and used to build new molecules.” How can we show that in our model with the cubes?
Draw blocks on your whiteboard to show how what happens when the otter eats the fish. Take a screenshot and upload it to answer this question.
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Model 2: On page 11, the text says, “Not all the matter that an animal eats gets added to the animal’s body.” How is this matter used? It can be used for energy to move. It can be leftover as waste, such as in the alligator droppings.
Draw blocks on your whiteboard to show what happens when the otter eats the fish but not all the matter is added to the otter’s body. Take a screenshot and upload it to answer this question.
How Animals Use Food Molecules
We know where animals get the food molecules they need for growth—from the body molecules of the plants and animals they eat.
What do the animals do with those food molecules? We’ll use the simulation to find out.
Click on the link to get to the Ecosystem Restoration Simulation: https://apps.learning.amplify.com/ecosystemrestoration/#/
Directions:
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In the simulation, how can you tell if an animal is growing?
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What happens to food matter after an animal eats it?
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How do animals grow? Use the words: food, molecules, and body in your answer.
Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________
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Other than using food molecules to grow, what do animals use food molecules for?
Use the words: energy, movement, and growth in your answer.
Sentence starter: Animals also use food molecules to _______________________
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What are animals made of?
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What do animals need to grow?
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What happens to food after an animal eats it? Be sure to include two things that happen.
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What does the picture on the right show or represent?
Which of the following statements are accurate about matter, molecules and living things? Select all that apply (there may be more than one correct answer).
A) Everything is made of matter.
B) Matter is made up of molecules.
C) Molecules make up non-living things but matter makes up living things.
D) Living things are made of molecules.
The dog’s owner compared the dog’s size to a bottle of sriracha hot sauce. What is true of both the dog and the bottle of hot sauce?
A) They are both made of atoms.
B) They are both made of molecules.
C) They are both made of matter.
D) All of the above.
Animals need matter (atoms and molecules) to grow. Which sentence explains where this matter come from?
A) The new matter needed for growth comes from what an animal eats. Food is also made of matter.
B) When an animal eats food, it is eating billions and billions of atoms and molecules. These atoms and molecules are all matter that the animal uses to grow.
C) Inside the animal's body, the food molecules are broken down and used to build new molecules that make up bone, blood, muscle, skin, and other body parts.
Which sentences explain how animals grow? Select all that apply (there may be more than one correct answer).
A) The new matter needed for growth comes from what an animal eats. Food is also made of matter.
B) When an animal eats food, it is eating billions and billions of atoms and molecules. These atoms and molecules are all matter that the animal uses to grow.
C) Inside the animal's body, the food molecules are broken down and used to build new molecules that make up bone, blood, muscle, skin, and other body parts.