Vocab
An animal that eats plants only.
Herbivore
How do leeches get food?
feeding on liquids/sucking out blood
True or false: The human body needs to get rid of Carbon Dioxide because it is a waste product.
True
a chemical signal that glands produce.
Hormones
What planet is closest to the sun?
mercury
An Animal that eats meat only.
Carnivore
How many openings are in a gastrovascular cavity?
True or false: Fish use their lungs to take in oxygen
False.
What does the kidney do?
excrete waste such as urine
Name a mammal that can lay eggs
Platypus and echidnas
flowing in a circle; blood is an example.
Circulate
Sea sponges (whales, too) practice this method of feeding.
Filter feeding
How many chambers does the heart have?
four
What two body parts make up the central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord
Finish the line: Birds of a feather _______ ______
flock together
A message that travels along nerve cells
Impulse
What is the main difference in the skulls of herbivores and carnivores?
Herbivores- flat teeth for grinding
Carnivoress- Sharp teeth for tearing and pulling
What two parts of the heart pump blood to the whole body?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Ventricles
What is the largest part of the brain?
Cerebrum
What group of animals is called a "murder"?
crows
To take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide
Respire/respiration
What is released in the stomach to help digest food for most animals with a digestive tract?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
digestive enzymes/Acid
What color is oxygenated blood?
red
What's the name of the cell that collects excess water inside flatworms?
flame cells
Alexander Hamilton was America's first secretary of what?
Secratary of the treasury