Animal and Plant Nutrient AbsorptionHow do organisms get the nutrients they need?

What do animals need? They need energy

in the form of…. How do they get

it? Ingestion Digestion

The Animal Digestive System Structures

Mouth Esophagus Stomach Small intestine Large intestine

What do these do?? Mouth

Mechanical Digestion

What does that mean?

Esophagus Travel tube

Stomach Chemical Digestion

What do these do?? Small Intestine

Nutrient absorption

Large Intestine Water absorption

BOTH use microvilli

Microvilli

Recap http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=08VyJOEcDos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTMzl1cblZc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdijh32NiLs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfuyaMYapkY

So now here’s the question… How do plants get

their nutrients?? What do the roots

do? What do the

leaves do?

You should know about the Leaves…Right? Chloroplasts for

sunlight Stomata for CO2

So what about water?

Roots Absorb water Absorb other

nutrients (like minerals)

Oxygen

Nutrient Absorption

Now that these organisms have the nutrients, how do they get it to the places it needs to go?