Animal Structure
Functions of Animals
Classification of Animals
Symmetry
WiLd CaRd!
100
This is a basic unit of structure and function in living things.
What is a cell
100
An animal cannot make food for itself, therefore it is a ___________.
What is a heterotroph
100
Animals with a backbone are called __________.
What are vertebrates
100
The balanced arrangement of parts is called ________. This is a characteristic of many animals.
What is symmetry
100
Where are the sense organs of an animal with bilateral symmetry found?
What is the front end
200
A group of similar cells that perform a specific function is called...
What is a tissue
200
What are the four major functions of animals?
What is obtain food and oxygen, keep internal conditions stable, have the ability move, and reproduce.
200
Biologists have classified animals into about 35 major groups called _________.
What is a phylum
200
When an object has just one line that divides it into two parts that look like a mirror image it is called ____________.
What is bilateral symmetry
200
What is asexual reproduction?
What is the process by which a single organism produces a new organism identical to itself.
300
A group of several different tissues is called this...
What is an organ
300
Structures or behaviors that allow animals to perform the four basic functions in their environments are called this...
What are adaptations.
300
How do scientists classify animals?
What is how they are related to other animals (body structure, the way an animal develops, and its DNA).
300
One example of an animal that has radial symmetry is _________.
What is a starfish, jellyfish, sea urchin.
300
What is one characteristic of animals with radial symmetry?
What is they have no distinct head or tail ends.
400
Groups of structures that perform the broadest functions of an animal are called...
What are systems
400
In sexual reproduction, the joining of an egg cell and sperm cell is called _________.
What is fertilization.
400
What is an invertebrate?
What is an animal without a backbone.
400
When an object has many lines of symmetry that all go through one central point it is called ____________.
What is radial symmetry
400
What is homeostasis?
What is an organisms ability to keep internal conditions stable.
500
List the four levels of structural organization from smallest to largest:
What are a cell, tissue, organ and system
500
What are two reasons an animal needs to move?
What is basic needs of survival (food) and reproduction.
500
True or False: It is believed that all animals arose from single-celled ancestors.
What is True
500
An example of an animal with bilateral symmetry is:
What is a human, a cat, a dog, an elephant, etc. (answers will vary).
500
In what kingdom would a mushroom be classified?
What is fungi!
M
e
n
u