Types of Animals
An animal that eats meat.
carnivore
What are the parts of the life cycle of a mammal?
Embryo, baby, youth, adult
What are the traits of insects?
They have compound eyes, six legs, and three body segments
What kind of vertebrate feed their young with milk from the mother?
Mammal
What is a learned behavior?
A behavior animals do not do by instinct.
An animal that eats plants.
Herbivore
What is an embryo?
A developing mammal inside the mother.
What invertebrate has a soft body?
mollusk
What kind of vertebrate are covered in hard, dry scales and breathe with lungs?
reptile
How do animals learn new things?
They learn new things from another animal or by experience.
An animal that eats plants and animals.
omnivore
What are the parts of the life cycle of a fish?
egg, fry, adult
What invertebrate has a simple skeleton, no muscles, and no brain?
sponge
What kind of vertebrate breathe through both lungs and gills?
amphibian
Anything an animal knows how to do without learning it first.
instinct
An animal that eats dead and decaying plants and animals.
decomposer
What are the parts of the life cycle of an insect that goes through incomplete metamorphosis?
What invertebrate has an endoskeleton and usually a spiny skin?
echinoderm
What kind of vertebrate incubate their eggs?
Describes a behavior or trait that is inherited from the parents.
What is an endoskeleton vs an exoskeleton?
An endoskeleton is a skeleton on the inside of the body and an exoskeleton is a skeleton on the outside of the body.
What are the parts of the life cycle of an insect that goes through complete metamorphosis?
egg, larva, pupa, adult
What animal has two body segments and eight legs?
arachnid
What is cold-blooded vs warm-blooded?
Cold-blooded means that the inside of the animal will be the temperature of the air or water it is in. Warm-blooded means that the inside of the animal will stay warm even if the temperature is cold on the outside.
Is a tiger cub beginning to hunt a learned behavior or innate behavior?
Learned behavior