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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 53
missing any teeth? Do they have problems eating certain foods? What do they do to compensate? Is anyone in the class a vegetarian? Do they eat their dinners using different teeth than their omnivorous classmates? Other Related Subjects: Food Web Producer, Consumer, Decomposer Predator-Prey Complex consumer categories: insectivore (eats insects), folivore (eats leaves), granivore (eats grains), nectivore (eats nectar), frugivore (eats fruit), etc. 54
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Page 27 and 28: Ferret Recovery Program. Under the
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