Invertebrates
What makes an invertebrate, an invertebrate?
It has no spine.
Give an example of a bony fish.
True or False: Snakes can live in cold habitats.
False
True or False: Birds have strong, solid bones.
False, they are hollow and lightweight.
When making observations, you should always be doing this.
Taking notes, drawing a sketch, collecting data, etc.
Which group is the most common type of invertebrate?
Insects
A sea lamprey is which of the 3 main groups of fish?
Jawless
Which of these is not a characteristic of reptiles?
Cold-Blooded
Give live birth
Scales
Breathe air
Give live birth (they lay eggs)
Which example is in the wrong group?
Birds of Prey: Eagle
Waterfowl: Turkey
Flightless Bird: Ostrich
Songbird: Swallow
Waterfowl: Turkey
What is something that you should include when you've found a specimen?
Write down it's size, color, texture, shape, or prediction of what it could be.
Name a group of invertebrate, that is not an insect!
Insects, Crustaceans, Gastropods, Starfish, Cephalopods, Jellyfish
Which of these is not one of the 3 main groups of fish?
Bony
Jawless
Sharks
Cartilaginous
Sharks
Name the two types of snakes.
Constrictor and Venomous
Give an example of a songbird.
Robin, oriole, blue jay, cardinal, etc.
There are two types of observations, name one of them.
Quantitative and Qualitative Observations
For every 1 human on Earth, there are this many ants.
2.5 million
What does a swim bladder do?
It helps the fish with buoyancy.
What is the main advantage to being cold-blooded?
You use less energy.
Charles Darwin studied this species of bird on the Galapagos Islands.
Finches
Give an example of a quantitative observation.
Any answer that includes gather data.
Most gastropods are neither male or female, they are this.
Hermaphrodites.
What process do all salmon go through?
Anadromous
The scientific term for a cold-blooded animal is ______.
Ectotherm
A red-tailed hawk can see this many times better, than a human.
8x or 20/2 vision
Give an example of a qualitative observation.
Any answer that includes writing down characteristics using your senses.