Animals 1
What do mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians all have in common.
They all have a backbone
Are arthropods vertebrates and why or why not?
No, they hae an exoskeleton
What are the four life process we discussed in class?
Nutrition, respiration, transportation, and excretion
What does abiotic mean?
Not having to do with life
What is a biotic factor?
Having to do with life
What are the four vertibrate classifications
mammal, reptile, amphibian, fish
what does ectothermic mean?
Cold blooded uses exterior heat to warms themselves
What is excrettion?
Process by which waste products are removed from the body.
Name one abiotic factor.
The weather
In a rain forest there are many types of trees and animals. What type of factors are these?
Biotic
What does endothermic mean?
Warm blooded, create their own body heat
What are tto differences between fish and reptiles
soft eggs, breath through gills,
What is nutrition?
Process of taking food by an organism and its utilization by the body for life processes.
Plants and animals inthe desert are able to survice with little water. What type of factor is this?
Abiotic
What is the biosphere and what is in it?
The biosphere is the portion of Earth that is inhabited by life. The biosphere includes all ecosystems.
What three differences between birds and mammals?
Hollow bones, feathers, lay eggs
Give three examples of arthropods
ants, spiders, crabs, ect.....
What is transportation?
Process by which food, oxygen, water, waste products are carried from one part of the body to the other,
If we have two different types of biomes whatis the main feature that seperates them form each other?
The climate
What is a biome?
Land or sea–based, global communities of organisms.
What do amphibians have in commom with fish and reptiles
cold blooded, breath water int he begginning, breath air later on, lay eggs
What are the two driving forces in evolution?
Natural selection and genetics or competetion and selective traits (the best traits for the enviroment will win out)
What is respiration?
Process by which food is burnt in the cells of the body with the help of oxygen to release energy.
Penguins are able to live and reproduce in extreme conditions. What is this called?
Tolerance
Name three of the "speheres we discussed in class
Bio, cryo, hydro, geo