Interactions

Unit 4
 Unit Enquiry
Unit Title: Interactions
Key Concept: Relationships
Related Concept: Interactions, Balance
Global Context: Identities and relationships
SOI: Interactions within organisms and with the environment establishes
balanced relationships by maintaining competition and cooperation.
 Prior Knowledge Test

Topic What you Know What you Want to know

Nervous system

Endocrine glands

Brain

Tropism in plants
 Stimulus and
Response
● Engagement 1: Reacting to
certain situations
- Touch a hot pan
- You are thirsty and see a glass of
water
- You touch a cactus
- You see a ferocious dog running
towards you
- You are hungry and smell a pizza
baked nearby
 Sense Receptors
● Sensory receptors are nerve cells or neurons present at different parts
which are sensitive to different senses.
● These receptors are of 4 types- mechanical, chemical, heat and
electromagnetic or light.

Skin Mechanical, Thermoreceptors

Tongue Chemoreceptors

Nose Chemoreceptors

Eyes Electromagnetic or Light receptors

Ear Mechanoreceptors
Nervous System
https://youtu.be/44B0ms3XPKU
 Parts of the Brain

● Forebrain- Cerebrum,
Diencephalon ( Thalamus
and Hypothalamus)
● Midbrain
● Hindbrain- Medulla
Oblongata, Cerebellum,
Pons
 Brain Damage
Reading for Comprehension: How Brain damage at different locations
can affect an individual ?
https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-in/home/brain,-spinal-cord,-and-nerve-disorders/br
ain-dysfunction/brain-dysfunction-by-location
 Structure and Functioning of Neuron
Engagement 1: Watch the video and understand the structure of a neuron.

https://youtu.be/rsMjUvMXxpE

Engagement 2: Types and functioning of a neuron

https://youtu.be/cUGuWh2UeMk

Additional Link: https://youtu.be/oa6rvUJlg7o

 Reflex Arc

https://ib.bioninja.com.au/_Media/reflex-arc.mp4
Hypo and Hyper secretion of Endocrine hormones
● https://www.brainkart.com/article/Hypo-and-Hyper-activity-of-endocrine-glands-
and-related-disorders_33282/
Maintaining Blood Glucose
Maintaining Body Temperature
Maintaining Water and salt balance
 Tropic Movements in Plants
● Movements or growth of plants in response to stimulus is called tropic movements.
● https://youtu.be/4D8tg3sY8MA
 Species Interaction and Competition
● Interspecific and Intraspecific
● Predation and Prey
● Cannibalism ( Intraspecific predation)
● Symbiosis- Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism

Reading Comprehension:
https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/species-interactions-and-competi
tion-102131429/#:~:text=Competition%20is%20most%20typically%20considered,orga
nisms%20share%20the%20same%20resource.