Classifying Animals
Animal Behaviors
Animal Adaptations
Chains and Webs
Ecosystems
100
Bones that connect down the middle of your back make up the ___________.
backbone
100
A _____, such as petting a dog, is something that causes a behavior.
stimulus
100
Fish and amphibians have ____that help them breathe.
gills
100
A vulture is a __________because it eats dead or decaying animals.
scavenger
100
A ___eats only plants
herbivore
200
An __is the hard outer covering that supports the body of an insect.
exoskeleton
200
An inborn behavior, such as spinning a cacoon, is called an___________.
instinct
200
To _________ is to shed an outer covering.
molt
200
A plant is a _____because it can make its own food.
producer
200
An organism that hunts other animals is a _____. A rabbit is _____ to a wolf
predator prey
300
An animal with dry scaly skin, such as a lizard is a______.
reptile
300
The way a living thing acts is called a_________.
behavior
300
The process by which plants make use sunlight to make their own energy is called_____.
photosynthesis
300
The flow of energy from a plant to a grasshopper ot a frog is called a ___ ___.
food chain
300
Living and non living things interact in an________.
ecosystem
400
A _has a backbone, has hair, and feeds milk to its young.
mammal
400
A _____ is a behavior caused by a stimulus.
response
400
The __________ of a whale is the ocean.
habitat
400
Food chains in a community make up a ___ ____.
food web
400
A _____ gets energy from other plants and animals.
consumer
500
An ____ lives part of its life on land and part in the water.
amphibian
500
A simple, automatic behavior is called a__________.
reflex
500
Any body part (structure), or behavior that helps an animal meet its needs is an___________.
adaptation
500
What puts minerals and nutrients back into the soil, air and water?
decomposer
500
Because it eats only other animals, a lion is a ____.
carnivore
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