🐾 ZOOLOGY & 🩺 HABITUATION & ANIMAL CAREERS
What is zoology?
The scientific study of animals.
What does DNA contain?
Genetic instructions or information that help determine traits.
What is classification / how scientists organize living things into groups?
Organizing living things by shared characteristics.
What is a predator?
An animal that hunts or eats another animal.
The hunter.
What is a fossil?
Preserved remains, traces, or impressions of once-living organisms.
Evidence or remains of something that once lived.
What is a habitat?
The natural place where an animal lives.
An animal’s home.
What is a gene?
A unit of inherited information in DNA.
A piece of inherited information in DNA.
What is the broadest classification level / biggest group?
Kingdom.
What is prey?
An animal that is hunted or eaten.
What is the fossil record?
The collection of fossils and where they occur in rock layers.
What is habituation?
A weaker response after repeated harmless exposure.
Getting used to something harmless after it happens again and again.
Why can offspring look like their parents?
They inherit genetic information from their parents.
What is the most specific classification level / smallest group?
Species.
What is a herbivore?
An animal that eats plants.
What does the word “conundrum” mean?
A difficult puzzle or question.
What does a veterinarian do?
Treats and cares for animal health.
What is a mutation?
A change in DNA.
Name the seven classification levels / groups from biggest to smallest.
Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
Was the Cambrian Explosion a real explosion?
No.
What is a zoonotic disease?
A disease that can pass between animals and people.
What did Activity 1.2 teach us about offspring?
Offspring inherit traits from their parents but may have different combinations of traits.
What is our memory phrase / silly sentence for the classification levels?
Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Sets.
What is camouflage, and how can it help prey survive?
Camouflage helps an animal blend into its surroundings, making it harder for predators to find.
Why do scientists study fossils?
To learn about life and environments from the past.