Energy
The main function of the digestive system.
To extract energy and nutrients from food.
Which vertebrate group has a circulatory system consisting of only a single pathway for blood?
Fish.
What term describes an animal that does not move from place to place?
Sessile
According to Guinness World Records, what's the best-selling book of all time?
The Bible
TRUE OR FALSE:
All animals can respond equally well to changes in their environment.
False.
Some animals such as corals, respond poorly to changes in their environment.
In a double circulatory system, where do the two pathways from the heart lead to?
One pathway leads to and from the lungs, and the other leads to and from the rest of the body.
What type of cell is found in both an animals nerve and in its brain?
Neurons.
What country is the largest in the world?
Russia
Digestion consist of what two methods?
Mechanical and Chemical.
What is an animals respiratory system responsible for?
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
TRUE OR FALSE:
Animals need something to push or pull against in order to move.
False.
Vertebrate endoskeletons can be made of cartilage or of both cartilage and bone.
Who is considered the “Father of Relativity?”
Albert Einstein
An organisms ability to keep its internal processes stable.
What is homeostasis?
What is the difference between a closed and open circulatory system?
A closed system transport blood inside vessels while an open system bases their body in blood.
What kind of animal movement requires no muscle?
Passive locomotion.
What do you call a group of flamingos?
Flamboyance
List three things an animals need other than body temperature needs to regulate to maintain homeostasis.
What is water, minerals, nutrients, wastes, oxygen, carbon dioxide?
List four different structures that can be used for gas exchange.
Skin(Lungless salamander), spiracles(grasshopper), gills(fish), lungs(mammals)
What kind of animals typically rely on support form a hydrostatic skeleton?
Soft-bodied invertebrates.
What country uses approximately four billion miles of toilet paper each year?
China