Feast or Famine: Animal Appetites
An organism that eats mostly insects.
What is an insectivore?
This animal has three body segments and three pairs of legs.
What is an insect?
The process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
What is metamorphosis?
Amphibians, fish, and reptiles are all this.
What is cold-blooded?
These animals have feathers.
What are birds?
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
An arthropod with two body segments and eight legs.
What is an arachnid?
Metamorphosis in which the organism goes through three stages.
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
These tiny stinging organelles are found on some animals.
What are nematocysts?
These animals have smooth skin and breathe through gills?
What are amphibians?
An organism that eats other animals.
What is a carnivore?
These animals gather nutrients from a host.
What is a parasite?
Metamorphosis in which the organism undergoes four phases.
What is complete metamorphosis?
These animals eat organisms that float through the water.
What are filter- feeders?
These animals have fur or hair.
What are mammals?
An organism that eats plants only.
What is an herbivore?
This animal has many body segments and many legs.
What is a centipede?
The stages of incomplete metamorphosis.
What is egg, nymph, and adult?
These organisms have jointed legs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton.
What are crustaceans?
These animals have scaly skin.
What are reptiles?
These animals commonly hunt at night.
What is nocturnal?
Animals such as earthworms are classified as this because they have segments and move by using setae.
What are annelids?
The stages of complete metamorphosis.
What is an egg, larva, pupa, adult?
These mammals, like a platypus and echinoderm, commonly lay eggs.
What are monotremes?
Most animals in the phyla have this in common.
What are invertebrates?