Mrs. Gren
The conversion of energy from carbohydrates and fat into energy - breaking down of sugars with the use of oxygen
Respiration
Hard outer shells, that do not grow - they shed and replace these
Exoskeleton
An adaptation helps an animal ____________ in its environment.
Stay Alive
Eat only meat
Carnivores
Have two legs, ear holes, warm blooded, have wings
Bird
Taking in and using food
Nutrition
Bones or cartilage are inside and grow as animals grow
Endoskeleton
Organisms use _______________________ to blend in with their surroundings.
Camouflage
Herbivore
Have scales and fins, but no hair or fur, cold blooded, breath underwater using gills
Fish
Getting rid of waste
Excretion
Animals that have a backbone
Vertebrates
ome animals are protected because they look like or sound like more dangerous animals. This structural adaptation is called __________________________.
Mimicry
Eat both meat and plants
Omnivore
Has pores to absorb oxygen and nutrients. Lives in salt water - you can use it to wash your body
Sponge
Detecting changes in the surroundings
Sensitivity
Animals that do not have a backbone
Invertebrates
A robin’s beak helps it to catch mroms. Its beak shape is an ____________________.
Plants make their own food through a process called
Photosynthesis
How has the Giraffe adapted to survive in the African Savana?
Long neck, front legs are longer than their back legs, long sturdy tongue, great eyesight and coloring
Making more living things of the same type
Reproduction
There are 5 main subgroups of vertebrates
Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, Amphibians
Animals that produce milk to feed their young are called ___________________________.
Mammals
What do humans and plants excrete?
Oxygen, Water, (tannis, saps, resins)
What are the 7 life processes that are essential to determine if something is living?
Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition