Vocabulary
What vocabulary word means to receive body features from parents
Inherit
What are 4 traits of mammals?
1. fur or hair, 2. breath with lungs, 3. born by live birth, 4. live mostly on land
What are 5 traits of birds?
1. have feathers, 2. have two legs, 3. have wings, 4. use lungs to breathe, 4. hatch from eggs
Where do amphibians live?
They begin life in the water and move onto land as an adult.
What body feature do fish have that take in oxygen from water?
Gills
What vocabulary word means a body feature that an animal is born with or inherits?
Trait
How do mammals get milk when they are born?
from its mother's body
What does the shape of a bird's beak tell us?
what they eat
What do we call the changes that a frog goes through from an egg to an adult?
Metamorphosis
Name 4 traits of reptiles.
1. covered with dry skin and scales, 2. breathe with lungs, 3. hatch from eggs, 4. live mostly on land
What are 4 things animals need?
Food, water, shelter, and air
How is the spiny echidna different from other mammals?
It lays eggs. Most mammals are born a live birth.
What do the feet of a bird tell us?
where they live
Name 4 traits of amphibians.
1. Covered with smooth, moist skin, 2. Breathe with gills, then lungs, 3. hatch from eggs, 4. live mostly in water, then on land
What body feature helps protect the body of a fish?
Scales
What name do we give animals that only eat meat (other animals)?
What trait is shared by birds and mammals?
breathe with lungs and live mostly on land
Where do animals that live on land get their oxygen from?
The air
How are amphibians, fish and reptiles alike?
They are all born from eggs.
What type of animal lives on land and has dry skin covered by scales?
Reptiles
What name do we give animals that eat only plants?
Herbivore
What are 2 ways that animals get the water they need?
From the water they drink and from the food they eat
What name do we give animals that eat plants and animals?
Fill in the blank.
Tadpoles are born with gills for breathing and a tail for swimming, but have no ________.
Legs
Name 4 traits of fish.
1. covered with scales, 2. breathe with gills, 3. hatch from eggs, 4. live in the water