Characteristics of Animals
Invertebrates 1
Invertebrates 2
Vertibrates
Animal Behavior
100
(62) an animal that ONLY eats other animals - meat eater
What is a carnivore?
100
(64) an animal that does not have a backbone
What is an invertebrate?
100
(66) Insects are the only arthropods that can fly. Sometime during their lives, most insects go through ______, a developmental change in their form or structure.
What are metamorphosis?
100
(67) Fish make up the largest population of vertebrates. They are ______, which means their body temperatures change depending on environmental temperature.
What is cold-blooded?
100
(69) An _____ behavior is grounded in instincts / programmed into each animals genes. for example: a whale knows how to swim at birth.
What is innate?
200
(62) an animal that ONLY eats plants - plant eater
What is a herbivore?
200
(64) the simplest of invertebrates live and get food from the water
What are sponges?
200
(66) An arthropod has to shed its exoskeleton to grow. The process of loosing the exoskeleton is called _____.
What are molting?
200
(67) Birds have feathers and hollow bones that help them fly. All birds lay eggs with hard shells, beaks, and are _______, which means their body temperatures remain constant.
What is warm blooded?
200
(69) A _____ behavior has been modified because of personal experience or from watching others. For example: learning to talk.
What is learned?
300
(62) an animal that eats other animals as well as plants - eats both
What is an omnivore?
300
(64) these animals live in water and have round bodies - hydra, corals, and jellyfish are examples
What are coelenterates?
300
(65) These have bodies that are divided into parts. Leeches and earthworms are examples.
What are segmented worms?
300
(67) An animal with a backbone
What is a vertebrate?
300
(69) Animals use certain behaviors to avoid being eaten. _____ is the disguising of an animal or blending in with the surroundings.
What is camouflage?
400
(62) animals are made of many cells
What is multicellular?
400
(64) Coelenterates use arm like tentacles to capture food and bull it into the animals body. They have _________, which means they are arranged like spokes on a wheel.
What is radial symmetry?
400
(65) These animals have three body parts (head, body, foot) and live on land or in water. Snails and slugs make up the largest percentage.
What are mollusks?
400
(67) All vertebrates have skulls, backbones, and internal skeletons made of bone or ____, a soft bone like material.
What is cartilage?
400
(69) during times of drought or cold, animals ____ or travel from place to place.
What is migrate?
500
(62) most animals reproduce this way
What is sexually?
500
(64-65) Roundworms have ___________, which means the right and left sides of their bodies are the same.
What is bilateral symmetry?
500
(64-65) Arthropods make up the largest percentage of species in kingdom Animalia. All arthropods have jointed legs and an _____, a skeleton on the outside of the body to protect the soft tissue inside.
What is an exoskeleton?
500
(68) Mammals are warm-blooded animals that breathe with lungs and are covered with hair. Female mammals have ________ which produce mild to feed their babies.
What is mammary glands?
500
(69) Scarce food and water causes animals to store food and _____, begin a period of inactivity and lowered body temperatures.
What is hibernate?
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