Is a reptile classified as an invertebrate or a vertebrate?
A vertebrate
True or false:
Both amphibians and fish are cold blooded vertibrates?
true
Insects and spiders are _________-blooded invertebrates.
cold
What is an animal that hunts other animals called?
a predator
A spider is ______-blooded animal.
cold
True or False:
Reptiles are cold blooded invertebrates.
false, they are cold blooded vertebrates
What is metamorphosis?
Metamorphosis is the process of an animal changing forms as it grows.
Name the parts of most insects.
3 body parts, 2 antennae, 2 pair of wings, 6 legs
Warm blooded animals body temperature stay about the same all the time, because their bodies have something to help insulate their body to help keep the temperature about the same. What helps keep the body temperature the same for warm blooded animals?
hair, fur, feathers, or blubber
What do most spiders use to kill their prey?
venom
What are the stages of a frog's metamorphosis?
egg, tadpole, adult frog
How do scientist classify animals?
by their characteristics
What happens to a cold-blooded animal's temperature?
It changes with its surroundings.
What is something unique about how fish reproduce?
Most cold blooded animals reproduce by laying eggs, but fish can reproduce by laying eggs, or giving birth to live young.
spin webs
use silk to catch food
use silk to help climb
to make egg sacs
Name a survival strategy of reptiles.
tough, dry skin protects from predators, protects while moving, holds heat in, helps camouflage,
some have a movable upper jaw
some lose and regrow their tail
What are some survival skills of amphibians?
live in damp environment to keep skin from dring out.
have eyelids and lungs in adults
poisonous and brightly colored skin
What is a scientist who studies animals called?
animal behavioral scientist
What are some survival techniques of fish?
camouflage to blend in
body colors to help catch prey
body produces light
spines with poison
Both spiders and insects reproduce by laying eggs. How are spiders and insects reproduction different?
Insects lay eggs on a leaf or somewhere hidden, but a spider spins an egg sac for the eggs to hatch in.
What are the stages of the life cycle of a reptile?
egg, hatchling, young reptile, adult reptile
What are the stages of all animals?
birth, growth, reproduction, death
Name the stages of a lady bug's metamorphosis.
egg, larva, pupa, adult
Why do trout reproduce more trout and not more whales? Use Biblical evidence.
In Genesis 1 God said that each animal will reproduce after its own kind.
Explain why one day there will be no more preditors and prey? Use Biblical evidence.
The Bible says in Revelation that there will be no more death, and in Isaiah it says the Leopard will lie down with the goat.