Living things that obtain energy by eating other living things are called _______________?
Consumers
100
The exchange of gases inside the body is called _____________?
Respiration
100
When an animal reproduces it creates a new living thing which is similar to itself. This is called_______________?
Offspring
100
All ____________ have an external skeleton called an exoskeleton.
Arthropods
100
____________ live at the bottom of the sea. They are covered by a hard, spiny skin. Name one example.
Echinoderms, Starfish
200
Name the three types of consumers.
Omnivores, Carnivores, & Herbivores
200
All animals need to take in __________ and they all need to expel waste called ______________.
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
200
Most animals reproduce ___________. This method requires a male and a female of the same species.
Sexually
200
Crustaceans have two body parts: a ___________ and an _________. Their exoskeleton is very hard, like a shell. They have five pairs of legs.
Cephalothorax, Abdomen
200
_________ live in water. They are the simplest invertebrates
Sponges
300
Mammals have different types of ____________ and birds different types of __________ depending on the food they eat.
Teeth, Beaks
300
____________, ______________, & _____________ take in oxygen from the air. Air passes into the lungs. Blood cells absorb the oxygen from the lungs and transport it around the body. Waste (carbon dioxide) leaves the body through the lungs.
Mammals, Birds, Reptiles
300
Birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians are __________ animals. The embryo grows outside the female's body, inside an egg. The shell or jelly around the egg protects the embryo. The egg also contains all the nutrients it needs to grow. These mammals are called ____________.
Oviparous, Monotremes
300
_____________ have long segmented bodies. They have many pairs of legs and two antennae.
Myriapods
300
__________ have a long, soft body with moist skin.
___________ live in the sea. They have a soft, jelly-like body with one opening.
Annelids, Cnidarians
400
Most reptiles & amphibians are ________________?
Carnivores
400
_________ take in oxygen from water. The water enters the body through the mouth and leaves through the ________. The oxygen is absorbed into the blood through ________ in the gills. Waste carbon dioxide leaves the body through the gills.
Fish, Gills, Capillaries
400
Almost all mammals are ___________. The embryo develops inside the mother and she gives birth to live offspring. All baby mammals drink their mother's milk.
Viviparous
400
_____________ have two body parts: a cephalothorax and an abdomen. They have ________ pairs of legs and up to eight eyes.
Arachnids, Four
400
Name the 3 subgroups of molluscs:
Bivalves, Gastropods, and Cephalopods
500
Animals such as, sheep and cows, who have a special way of digesting food. Grass is partly digested in the digestive system, but then it returns to the mouth....what are these animals called?
Ruminants
500
When they are young, ______________ are aquatic animals. They take in the oxygen they need from the water through their gills. During metamorphosis, their gills close and they develop ______________.
Amphibians, Lungs
500
A few species are ____________. These animals produce eggs, but the eggs develop and hatch inside the mother. Later, the mother gives birth to live offspring.
Oviparous
500
Insects have three body parts: a ________, a ________ and an ___________. All insects have two antennae and three pairs of legs.