TABLE OF CONTENTS - National Zoo

Hypothesis - an explanation for a set of facts that can be tested by further
investigation.
Incisor - a cutting tooth at the front of the mouth.
Molar - a tooth with a broad crown for grinding food, situated behind the premolars
at the back of the mouth.
Nutrition - the process by which a living organism processes food and uses it for
growth and tissue replacement.
Omnivore - an animal that eats both plants and animals.
Premolar - one of the bicuspid teeth located on both sides of the upper and lower
jaws behind the canines and in front of the molars.
Range - the geographic region in which a given plant or animal normally lives.
Scientific name - the latin name for the genus and species of an organism usually
designated by italics. Example: Homo sapiens for humans.
Skull - the framework of the head of vertebrates, made up of the bones of the brain
case and face.
Species - a group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce amongst
themselves.
Structure - the manner in which parts are arranged or combined to form a whole.
Appendix 6: Additional resources
“What’s For Dinner?”
Ask students to go home and make a list of everything that they have for dinner
that evening. In the classroom, ask the students to work alone or in groups to
analyze which teeth they used to eat which type of food. Then have them
determine why they used each type of tooth to process each type of food. They
should compare this information to the knowledge they gained analyzing skulls from
herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores the previous day. Questions: Is anyone
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