Cold-Blooded Scaly Vertebrates
A _____________ can have poisonous venom.
Their bones are extremely light with lots of air cavities inside to help them fly. What are cavities?
Hollow places
What are mammary glands?
Milk producing organs found in female mammals.
A scientist who studies primates
Primatologist
What is a zoologist?
a scientist who studies animals and their characteristics.
Use Context Clues to find the meaning of "basking".
"Most reptiles can adjust their body temperatures by basking in the sun to stay warm, or by hiding under a rock to stay cool."
laying in the sun to stay warm
Many birds ____________ when the season changes.
Migrate
Mammals seem to use the most complex forms of _________________.
Communication
What mammal did Jane Goodall study while at the University of Cambridge?
Chimpanzees
What are 3 things zoologist do?
1. Classify animals by whether or not they have a backbone
2. study characteristics of animals like body parts
3. study how different animals babies are born and cared for
What keeps the water inside reptiles bodies?
Waterproof skin
All birds have wings, but not all birds are able to fly. What 3 birds cannot fly?
1. penguin
2. ostrich
3. peacock
Whales and dolphins communicate by sending out sound waves through water. These waves are called ____________.
Sonar
What "tools" did she observe the chimps using?
Rocks, blades of grass, sticks
How do scientist classify animals?
Looking for common, or shared, characteristics.
(Warm or Cold Blooded, Vertebrate or Invertebrate)
Herpetologist
What characteristics do bats have that classify them as mammals?
fur, skin, live young, produce milk, warm blooded, vertebrates
What emotions did Jane Goodall observe in chimpanzees?
Happy, Mad, Sad, and Mean
What is the primary, or main, source of food for the predators of Antarctica?
Krill, tiny shrimp-like crustaceans
What are 3 characteristics that differ between a crocodile and an alligator?
1. Crocodile lives in the saltwater tropics, Alligator lives in freshwater America.
2. Croc: V-shaped snout. Alligator: U-shaped snout.
3. Croc: More aggresive. Alligator: less aggressive
2 characteristics that determine what a bird eats.
-beaks
-feet/claws
What 2 mammals lay eggs?
duck-billed platypus and spiny anteater
Jane Goodall is an activist for animals. What is an activist?
someone who works had to solve a problem and change something in the world.
What animals live in The Ganges Delta of India?
black-crowned night heron, wild boar, Olive Ridley Turtle, the ganges river dolphin, indian python, blue-eared kingfisher, mugger crocodile, chital