Body Temp
Animals maintain their internal temperature this way
What is thermoregulation?
Hard plates that protect the bodies of most fish
(Easy question not on test)
What are scales?
Seasonal movement of animals (and birds) from one place to another
What is migration?
Specialized organ in mammals that produces milk to nourish their young
What are mammary glands?
Vertebrates with four limbs
What are tetrapods?
Animals that can generate their own body heat.
What are endotherms?
Type of fish-
Fish with skeletons made of bone (such as salmon and trout)
What are bony fish?
Feeds the ravens in Psalm 147:9
Who is God?
A mammal that develops inside its mother's body until its body systems can function independently
What is a placental mammal?
A transformation or dramatic change
What is metamorphosis?
Animals that depend on outside sources for heat (they go to the heat).
What are ectotherms?
Type of fish-
Fish with skeletons made of cartilage (such as sharks and rays)
What are cartilaginous fish?
Soft and fluffy feathers (hold body heat in so birds stay warm)
What are down feathers?
Pouched mammal
What are marsupials?
The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials
What is metabolism?
What are homeotherms?
Gas-filled internal organ used to change or maintain depth in the water
What is a swim bladder?
Smooth feathers covering the head, body, and wings (help birds fly, gives them color, and protects birds from the sun, wind, and rain)
What are contour feathers?
What are monotreme?
A snake can do this to fit it's meal into it's mouth
What is dislocate it's jaw?
BONUS (not on TEST)
Animals that are endotherms whose internal temperature varies considerably.
What are poikilotherms?
(Hummingbirds drop their temperature at night to save energy. They are poikilotherms.)
External organ that runs the length of a fish's body, it gathers information about the environment such as water temperature and depth
What is a lateral line?
Feeds the ravens in Psalm 147:9
Who is Elijah?
Two types of monotreme mammals
What are duck-billed platypuses and echidnas?
Two characteristics that define mammals
What are hair (or fur) and mammary glands?