What Animals Need to Survive
Animals need 3 things to survive...
food water and air
Animals that have big plant teeth use them to eat...
plants!
This structure mixes the food with saliva and breaks its down.
the Mouth
this carries blood away from the heart
arteries
This structure is made up of hard bone.
The Skeleton
Animals use this organ to breathe in air.
Lungs
Animals with sharp teeth usually eat...
meat
This structure mixes the food with digestive juices.
The stomach
This carries blood to the heart.
Veins
This structure contracts and relaxes helping the body with movement.
Muscles
true or false: Some animals can absorb oxygen and water through their skin
True
birds with short beaks eat...
Fruits and Nuts
This structure mixes digestive juices with food and completes digestion.
Small intestine
A muscle responsible for moving blood around the body.
The Heart
True or false: Birds have hollow bones to store food.
False
Animals that eat meat are called?
carnivores
birds with Long beaks eat...
small insects
This structure transfers the food from the mouth to the stomach.
The esophagus
A material consisting of solid parts floating in liquid plasma, which moves substances through an animal’s body.
Blood
Some animals have their bone structures on the outside of the body for protection.. this is called..
The ExoSkeleton
Animals that eat plants are called..
herbivores
True or false: mosquitos have pinscers that allow them to bite and suck blood out of their prey.
False
This structure takes the water out of any digested food...
The Large intestine
This process of blood moving around the body is called...
circulation
Some animals also produce structures for defense..
There is the pufferfish and the porcupine.
What structures do the porcupine and pufferfish have in common?
They both have spikes.