Term Time
Animal Characteristics
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Facts to tell at parties
100

An animal, such as a bird, that can regulate its inner body temperature is an _________________.

Endotherm

100

How do most animals reproduce? (sexually or asexually)

Sexually

100

Invertebrates have no ______

backbone/spinal column

100

Lampreys and hagfish are ______ fish

jawless

100

Only invertebrates that can fly

insects

200

Baraminology comes from the Hebrew words meaning “_______________.”

created kind

200

Name 1 of the three characteristics all animals have.

(+200 for each additional of the three)


Eukaryotic, Multicellular, Consumers

200

Cnidarian symmetry


+200 for listing a cnidarian

radial


Jellyfish, coral, anemone, etc

200

Give an example of a cartilaginous fish

+200 for each additional type

shark, ray, or skate

200

The __________ attaches the embryo to the placenta.

Umbilical cord

300

Animal has sensory organs and a brain concentrated at one end

Cephalization

300

When an animal lacks mirror image halves


Asymmetry 

300

Sponges are ______-bearers

pore

300

What do all vertebrates have?

+200 for each listed additional answer (there are 3 possible)

backbones, endoskeletons, and skulls

300

Amphibians go through _________________, whereas reptiles do not.

Metamorphosis

400

Animals that at some point during their lives have a notochord

Chordates

400

95% of animals are

invertebrates

400

Which type of invertebrates have a protective skeleton?

+100 for skeleton name

Arthropods

Exoskeleton

400

______ raise their young in a pouch.



Marsupials

400

Amphibian skin has the ability to ________

exchange gases


(breathing)

500

Egg-laying mammals, such as the platypus, are called __________.

monotremes

500

A complete gut has _____ opening(s)

2

500

List the 3 groups of arthropods

chelicerates, insects, crustaceans

500

List the 2 main characteristics of mammals

-hair

-produce milk

500

What animals are invertebrates without symmetry, cephalization, or guts?

Sponges

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