Taxonomy
This is the highest level in the taxonomy structure
What is Domain?
A mammal skull with eye sockets on the sides generally means this animal fits where on the food chain?
What is prey species?
Describes the watershed of the Ohio River
What is Ohio Valley?
Number of chambers in a fish heart
What is 2?
When carrying a microscope it is best to do this
What is use two hands and have one on the underside of the base of the microscope?
This is the lowest level in our taxonomy discussions
What is species?
This mammal has the most teeth of any US mammal
What is the Opossum?
This invasive insect could decimate California's grape and wine industry
What is the spotted lantern fly?
The hearts of birds and mammals have this many chambers
What is 4?
This tree has characteristic white bark patches
What is the American Sycamore?
This taxonomy level often ends in "dae" in mammals
What is family?
This group of mammals has young that are born not fully developed and then mature within a pouch
What are marsupials?
Insects have these kinds of eyes with many individual lenses
What are compound eyes?
This type of blood vessel carries blood toward the heart.
What is a vein?
Fish gills extract the most oxygen when water does this across them
What is move or flow?
This describes a diet preference NOT a taxonomic entry
What is carnivore?
Mammals (and birds) that have their eyes facing forward have better ____________
What is depth perception?
These parasitic insects lay their eggs in mantids and caterpillars
What are parasitoid wasps?
Mammals and birds have this many "circuits" for blood circulation
what is 2?
A Sand County Almanac takes place in this state
What is Wisconsin?
This is the common name of Canis lupus
What is a wolf?
Name two unique characteristics of mammals
What are have hair and feed young milk?
These cover the wings of butterflies
What are scales?
This large artery carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body.
What is the aorta?
Gills work efficiently because blood and water flow in opposite directions, a setup called this
What is countercurrent circulation or exchange?