A person who studies animals is called this
What is a zoologist?
What is bilateral symmetry?
Definition of invertebrate.
This type of mammal lays eggs
What is a monotreme?
Not a characteristic of ALL animals (first question in chapter review)
Most animals reproduce using this type of reproduction.
What is sexual reproduction?
When an animal has most of its sense organs located relatively close together.
What is cephalization?
This type of animal pumps water through its body and strains out plankton and other edibles for food.
What is a filter feeder?
This is a skeleton that is inside the body.
What is an endoskeleton?
This phylum gets its name from Greek, and means "double life" because of extreme metamorphosis.
What are amphibians?
This is defined as being able to be divided evenly, like a pie.
What is symmetry?
Most chordates develop into this.
What are vertebrates?
This phylum of invertebrates has stingers on the ends of their tentacles to help capture prey.
What is a cnidarian?
These classes of fish does not have a skeleton made of bone?
What are jawless and cartilaginous fish?
What is radial symmetry?
If an animal has this at any time of its life, it is called a chordate.
What is a notochord?
The percentage of organisms that are NOT vertebrates.
What is ~ 95%.
A marine biologist is likely to find a sea star here.
Where is anywhere in the ocean?
This type of reptile is made up of lizards and snakes.
What is a squamate?
This animal is considered an "indicator species"
What is a salamander?
What is an amphibian?
Endotherm and ectotherm refer to an animals ability to do what?
What is regulate it's body temperature internally or not.
Two characteristics ALL animals have in common.
What are eukaryotic and consumers?
Two characteristics of all arthropods.
What is exoskeletons and jointed appendages.
This unique feature, with its hollow bone and shape, allow this type of phylum to take flight.
What is birds?
Animals that have soft bodies and are divided into repeating body segments.
What are annelida?
What are segmented worms?