Types of Animals
Animal Features
Animal Life Cycles and Behaviors
Types of Creatures
Categorize the Creature: M,F,B,R,A
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An animal without a backbone

invertebrate

100

Anything an animal knows how to do without learning it first

instinct

100

How do animals learn new things

1. By experience

2. from another animal

100

An animal with 3 body segments and 6 legs

insect

100

Feed their young with milk from the mother

mammal

200

An animal that eats plants

herbivore

200

A behavior or trait that is inherited from the parents

innate

200

What do most innate behaviors help animals with?

getting food and reproducing

200

Has a simple skeleton, no muscles, and no brain

Sponge

200

Have babies called "fry", breathe through gills and have fins

Fish

300

An animal that eats dead and decaying plants and animals

Decomposer

300

A skeleton on the inside of the body

Endoskeleton

300
What are the 4 stages of the life cycle of a mammal?

1. embryo

2. baby

3. youth

4. adult

300

Has body segments, simple body systems, no hard outer shell or skeleton, and no legs

Annelid

300

Breathe through both lungs and gills

Spend part of their life on land and part in the water

Amphibian

400

An animal that eats plants and animals

omnivore

400
A skeleton on the outside of the body

exoskeleton

400

What are the 4 stages of the life cycle of an insect that goes through complete metamorphosis?

1. egg

2. larva

3. pupa

4. adult

400

An animal that has an exoskeleton, body segments, and jointed legs

Arthropod

400

Incubate their eggs, and have wings/beaks/bills

Birds


500

An animal that eats other animals

carnivore

500

What is a learned behavior

A behavior that animals do not do by instinct-they must be taught

500

What are the 3 stages of the life cycle of an insect that goes through incomplete metamorphosis

1. egg

2. nymph

3. adult

500

1. Has an endo skeleton and usually a spiny skin

2. Has a soft body

3. An animal with 2 body segments and 8 legs

1. echinoderm

2. mollusk

3. arachnid

500

Are covered in hard, dry scales

reptile