Body Systems
Which body system removes liquid waste?
excretory system
Explain how each animal gets oxygen and removes waste gases: earthworm, fish, human.
earthworm-skin
fish-gills
human-respiratory system/lungs
False: birth, growth, reproduction and death
What are the stages in an animal's life from birth to death?
life cycle
What body system is the muscles of an animal's body?
muscular system
What body system breaks down food for energy and removes wastes?
digestive system
Why does a snowshoe hare camouflage itself in the winter and summer?
It is white in the winter to blend in with the snow and brown in the summer to blend in with the grass and ground.
False-budding and regeneration
How long an animal lives is it's ____________.
life span
What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring?
heredity
What system is made of bones in a vertebrate's body?
skeletal system
A snowshoe hare has white fur in the winter and brown fur in the summer. This is an example of ______.
camouflage
True or False: The circulatory system is in charge of bringing food, water, and oxygen to the body's cells and removing wastes from the cells.
True
A frog growing from a tadpole to an egg is an example of ______________.
metamorphosis
Describe two ways an animal gets food.
squid-tentacles
birds-beaks
frogs-sticky tongue
What body system brings oxygen to body cells and removes carbon dioxide?
respiratory system
What is the correct order of the states of complete metamorphosis?
egg, larva, pupa, adult
Nerve cells, spinal cord, and the brain are all part of the nervous system.
true
We learned that a fruit fly has a short life cycle or life span?
life span
What is the making of new offspring?
reproduction
What body system moves blood through the body?
circulatory system
What are the changes that some animals, like amphibians, go through in their lives?
metamorphosis
True or false: Sponges and cnidarians have circulatory systems.
false-they do not have circulatory systems
List the five steps in the digestive system in order: small intestine, esophagus, mouth, large intestine, stomach.
mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
What body system controls an animal's organ systems and helps it sense changes in the world?
nervous system