Vocabulary
Animal Characteristics
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Body Systems
100
the wider, shorter part of the intestine that removes excess water from food and turns waste into feces
What is the large intestine?
100
All animals are: unicellular or multicellular
What is multicellular?
100
Most invertebrates have this type of symmetry.
What is bilateral?
100
This is how most vertebrates reproduce.
What is sexually?
100
Which organ system is responsible for the break down of food and absorption of nutrients?
What is the digestive system?
200
cells that perform different jobs develop different structures
What is differentiation?
200
Name the 3 types of body plans.
What are bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry, and asymmetrical?
200
This is the largest group of invertebrates.
What is the arthropods?
200
What type of body plan do all vertebrates have?
What is bilateral symmetry?
200
Name the 3 main parts of the nervous system.
What are brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
300
a circulatory system in which the heart circulates blood through tubes that form a closed loop
What is closed circulatory system?
300
What type of animal maintains its body temperature through internal chemical reactions?
What is an endotherm?
300
Name 2 types of asexual reproduction.
What are budding and fragmentation?
300
Name the 3 parts of an endoskeleton.
What are skull, backbone, and limb bones?
300
Identify the functions of: arteries, veins, and capillaries.
What are: arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood to the heart, capillaries connect arteries to veins.
400
a hard, external supporting structure
What is an exoskeleton?
400
Describe fertilization.
What is when a sperm unites with an egg to form an embryo?
400
Name the 3 steps of incomplete metamorphosis.
What are egg, nymph, and adult?
400
Name the 5 main groups of vertebrates.
What are reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians, and mammals?
400
This is the meaning of the word amphibian.
What is double life?
500
a flexible and strong connective tissue
What is cartilage?
500
How does an ectotherm maintain body temperature?
What is by using its environment?
500
Name the 4 stages of complete metamorphosis.
What are egg, larva, pupa, and adult?
500
Identify the four main parts of the body.
What is head - anterior, back or tail - posterior, back or upper - dorsal, belly or lower - ventral?
500
Name the levels of taxonomy from highest to lowest.
What is: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?
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