How Might Humans and Aliens be Different?

Humans

Human Adaptations

• Our eyes close when we sleep because we need the rest and they close so we don't see light (that can keep us awake) and fall asleep.
• Our teeth are in our mouth so that we can chew and eat.
  
  • Our mouth is on the front of our faces so that other people can hear us when we talk.

Aliens

Alien Adaptations

I think that these hands/paws and shell are made for sliding in the mud, because it says the surface is very muddy.

I think that this mouth is made for sucking in the slippery mud, when it eats.

I think that these eyes are made for seeing up high, because the alien slides on the mud, and needs to be able to see up higher.

I added all of these body parts to my alien and they all worked! This is the picture of what my final alien looks like:

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Reflection:

• Do we have cells similar to the aliens you created?  How or why not?
  

• Humans (and probably aliens) have cells that have special functions.  What are some of these cells and what organs and systems are they a part of?  Give at least three examples and be specific.  (Example: Osteoclasts are cells that make up spongy bone inside of many of our bones.  This is part of the skeletal system.)

ANSWERS: I don't think that we have cells similar to the alien I created because our cells form each part of our body and the alien that I created has totally different body parts then humans.

One of them is that the cells make up the shell and paws, they allow the alien to slide in the slippery mud. Another one that the cells create is that mouth that the alien has allows the alien to slurp up the mud that it eats. The final one for my alien that cells create is the eyes that lets it see up high since the alien itself is so low on the ground.