Structure and Function: How Living Things Work

The way something looks or is shaped

The process of growing

The ability to move

The color of an organism

Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts, animal cells do not.

Animal cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts, plant cells do not.

Both plant and animal cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts.

Neither plant nor animal cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts.

Structure is how something is built; function is its job.

Structure is the process of something; function is its shape.

Structure is the support of something; function is its color.

Structure is the meaning of something; function is its example.

Small and round shape

Flat center like a donut

Thick cell membrane

Flexible structure

To allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to exchange between air and blood

To protect the lungs from infection

To store oxygen for later use

To keep the blood warm

Choose an organism, analyze its structure, analyze its function

Choose an organism, describe its color, explain its habitat

Choose an organism, list its predators, explain its diet

Choose an organism, draw its picture, write a story about it