A snake is a vertebrate because it has a _________.
What is a backbone
100
A name for an invertebrate animimal that can vary greatly in size (12mm-2m). This animal has no head. They have a soft body with NO hard covering, large, armlike tentacles with stinging cells that can protect them and help them find food. What animal is it?
What is jellyfish.
100
A worm and a snake are differnet in many ways. The main difference is that a worm _____________.
What is "has no backbone".
100
This is a SIMPLE, AUTOMATIC response to a stimulus.
What is a REFLEX.
100
Baby animals inherit certain traits from their _________.
What are parents.
200
Name three examples of vertebrates.
What are any examples of birds, reptiles, mammals, fish, or amphibians.
200
Some invertebrates have a hard outer covering that supports and protects their bodies.
What is an exoskeleton.
200
I am a young vertebrate with gills. I begin my life in the water, then later, I will live on land. What type of animal am I?
What is an amphibian.
200
The way a living thing ACTS.
What is a behavior.
200
All baby animals _______ somewhat like each of the parents. This is an example of how characteristics of animals are passed on from generation to generation.
What is look.
300
The body temperature of a fish is about the same as the temperature of the water that they live in, so fish as ______ blooded vertebrates.
What is cold
300
Exoskeletons DO NOT grow, so animals with exoskeletons will _________ (or shed) the hard outer covering.
What is molt.
300
I am an animal with a backbone that has hair and feeds milk to my young. What type of animal am I?
What is a mammal.
300
When the telephone rings, you answer it. In this example the telephone ringing is the __________.
What is stimulus.
300
People use silverware and napkins at the dinner table. This is an example of _________.
What is a learned behavior.
400
All birds are differend from other animals with backbones because unlike other vertebrates, birds have _________ bones.
What is hollow.
400
True or False. Scorpions are invertebrates.
What is true.
Scorpions have exoskeletons, instead of a backbone.
400
A garter snake is one _______ that does not lay eggs. The eggs of the garter snake are hatched inside the body of the female snake. For this reason, this snake is different from other ________.
What is reptile.
400
A behavior that an animal is BORN with and does not need to learn it.
What is an instict.
400
The spider does not have learn to spin a web. This is an example of an _______________.
What is an instinct.
500
True or False. Most animals are vertebrates.
What is false.
There are far more invertebrates that vertebrates. In fact, about 97% of animals are INVERTEBRATES!
500
Spiders have two body parts. The head and thorax are considered one body part because they are joined together. The name for this body part is _____________.
What is cephalothorax.
500
The classification of animals into two large groups is based on whether the animals____________________.
What is "have a backbone or not".
500
A behavior that is CAUSED by a stimulus.
What is a response.
500
Fox kits do not have to learn to play. Pawing and pouncing on one another are instincts. The reason these babies have this instinct is so when they grow up, they can ___________.
What is hunt, capture food, and protect themselves.