Animal Categories
These animals have no spine (backbone)!
Invertebrate
These animals live in water and have gills!
Fish
A ____________________ is the beginning of the food chain; the living thing that creates its own food.
Producer
Snakes eat mammals, birds, lizards, insects, and amphibians. Are they
carnivores, omnivores, or herbivores?
Carnivores
These animals have fur and give birth to live young.
Mammals
These animals have moist skin with no scales, and breathe through gills, lungs, or their skin.
Amphibians
A ___________________ is part of the food chain that eats another living thing.
Consumer
Elephants eat grasses, leaves, bark, fruits, and roots. Are they
carnivores, omnivores, or herbivores?
Herbivores!
These animals have feathers and lay eggs.
Birds!
These animals are cold-blooded and have dry skin with scales.
Reptiles!
A ___________________________ is the animal that hunts another animal for food.
Predator
Hedgehogs eat fruit, slugs, frogs, fish, worms, and eggs. Are they
carnivores, omnivores, or herbivores?
Omnivores
These invertebrates have 4 pairs of legs.
Arachnids
Many people think these are plants, but they are actually invertebrates in the ocean that help create homes for other animals.
Coral
_____________________ is the animal being hunted for food.
Prey
Axolotls eat insects, worms, slugs, small crustaceans, crickets, mosquito larvae, smaller salamanders, frog tadpole, and even smaller fish they can swallow! Are they
carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores?
Carnivores
These animals have an exoskeleton, 3 body parts, antennae, and 3 pairs of legs.
Insects!
This is the word for all animals that have a spine (backbone).
Vertebrate
In a food chain, everything eats one other thing. In a ___________________________, some animals eat more than one other living thing.
Food Web
Racoons eat fruits, nuts, seeds, eggs, insects, amphibians, and small prey, and scavenge through trash. Are they
carnivores, omnivores, or herbivores?
Omnivores