Characteristics
The definition of Zoology
What is "The scientific study of animals"?
The definition of Adaptation
What is the process by which a species becomes fitted to its environment?
This type of animal does NOT have a spine.
What is an invertebrate?
The six invertebrate classifications are...
What is mollusk, arthropod, annelid, cnidarian, echinoderms, and sponges?
This is defined as, "... a place where animals live in captivity and are put on display for people to view."
What is a Zoo?
What is cell structure, movement, consumption, and reproduction?
The two types of adaptations.
What is physical and behavioral adaptation?
This type of animal DOES have a spine.
What is a vertebrate?
True or False:
Mollusks are soft bodied animals with hard shells.
True
This zoo is located in a large city and typically has smaller enclosures.
What is urban zoo?
An animal that makes it's own food.
What is autotroph?
Definition of a physical adaptation.
What is a feature of an animal's body that help it survive?
The five groups that vertebrates can be broken into.
True or False:
Sea sponges move around and do not get attached to different things.
False
This is a program that focuses on breeding animals to be reintroduced into the wild.
What is captive breeding?
Reproduction is...
What is the ability of an organism to produce offspring?
Definition of behavioral adaptation.
What is what an animal does to survive?
Humans are...
What are vertebrates?
An arthropod's hard, outside covering is called...
What is exoskeleton?
This zoo is located outside of cities and usually have large enclosures with landscape immersion.
All animals are made up of this type of cell.
What is eukaryotic?
This physical adaptation is when animals blend into their surroundings.
What is camouflage?
Jellyfish are...
What are invertebrates?
A worm is this type of invertebrate.
What is annelid?
When zoos began as private collections for the wealthy, they were called ______________.
What is menagerie?