Vocabulary 1.0
An animal with hair or fur that feeds its young is a ___________.
What is mammal?
A gas, found in the air or water, that animals need is ___________.
What is oxygen?
Which animals are grouped together?
A. monkeys and tigers B. spiders and dogs C. salmon and whales D. frogs and penguins
What is monkeys and tigers?
What is one important way scientists group animals? A. By their ages. B. By their lengths. C. By their colors D. By whether they have a backbone or not
What is D. By whether they have a backbone or not?
A scientist finds an animal's nest. The nest has pieces of eggshell and feathers.
What the animal is and how it will get from one place to place. Explain.
The animal must be a bird because it hatched from and egg and has feathers. Since most birds can fly, it must fly from place to place.
An animal without a backbone is called an____________.
What is an invertebrate?
A moist-skinned animal that lives near water is an _________________.
What is an amphibian?
How do mammals that live in the water get oxygen? A. They take it in through their gills. B. Their skin absorbs it. C. They come to the top of the water to breathe air. D. They don't need oxygen.
What is c. They come to the top of the water to breathe air?
Birds and mammals are both?
A. cold-blooded B. invertebrate C. warm-blooded
They both are warm-blooded?
Which of the following animals is warm-blooded?
A. shark B. lizard C. bear D. frog
What is c. bear?
A dry, scaly animal that lays eggs and lives on land is called a ______________
What is a reptile?
A vertebrate that lives its whole life in water is a ____________.
What is a fish?
Which is not a trait of mammals?
A. Fur B. Giving birth to live young. C. Feathers D. Feeding milk to their young.
What are feathers?
A bat can fly, but is a mammal, why?
a. It has feathers b. It has a beak c. Gives birth to live young d. Lives in a nest
Gives birth to live young?
A friend tells you that a frog and a fish belong to the same group because they both live in a pond. Do you agree or disagree? Explain why.
I disagree. Frogs are amphibians, not fish. Fish spend their entire lives in water, but frogs spend only part of their time in water. Adult frogs breathe with lungs, fish breathe with gills. Also, fish have scales, and frogs do not.
An animal with a backbone is called a _____________.
What is a vertebrate?
Which detail below is not a basic need of animals?
A. color B. food C. Shelter D. water
What is a color?
In what way are birds and mammals alike?
A. They both have feathers. B. They both have fur. C. The both breathe with lungs. D. They both give birth to live young.
What is (c) They both breathe with lungs.
Which animal is matched with its correct trait?
A. Amphibians- have fur B. Birds- live under water C. Fish- have feathers D. Reptile- have skin with scales
What is a reptile?
What do all animals need?
What is water, shelter, oxygen, and food?
A vertebrate with two legs, wings, and feathers is a ______________.
What is a bird?
Why do animals need shelter?
A. for food B. for protection C. for quiet D. for water
What is b protection?
An animal that has feathers, does not give birth to live young, and does not feed its young milk belongs to which vertebrate group?
A. amphibians B. birds C. mammals D. reptiles.
What is B. Birds?
Which animal has no backbone?
A. Dolphin B. Jellyfish C. Lizard D. Snake
What is b. jellyfish?
What is the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?
Vertebrates have bones and invertebrates don't