Structures & functions

1. Structures & Functions

2. Structures & Functions
Structures: Body part to do a specific task
Functions: Processes or tasks a living thing will need to do to live
Many organisms do the same thing but have different ways to get it
done.
Example: Movement
Humans: Use their legs
Gibbons Monkey: Use their arms

3. Structures & Functions
Example: Gathering food.
Barnacles -Tentacles
Birds - Bills
Humans – Hands
Example: Chewing food.
Lion - Sharp teeth
Anteater - No teeth
Example: Breathing structures.
Fish - Gills
Humans - Lungs
Trees - Leaves
Caterpillars - Spiracles

4. Structures & Functions
A list of a few functions living things do:
• Movement
• Food gathering
• Breathing
• Digest food
• Eat food
• Reproduction
• Waste
excretion
• See
• Communicate

5. Structures & Functions
Variations in Structures:There may be slight differences in structures for
similar organisms in order to do specific tasks.
Example: Galapagos Islands - Darwin found there were different bill sizes
and shapes on the finches.