Digestion
Type of digestion that has special structures to crush and grind food into small particles
What is mechanical digestion?
Animals that feed only on plants
What are herbivores
The animal that a carnivore eats
What is prey
These carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
These type of skeletons rely on fluid pressure to support an animal.
What is Incomplete digestion
A termite gets its energy through wood by using this to break down wood in their guts
What is bacteria?
These types of feeders have structures that are designed to strain tiny organisms out of the water
This muscular organ pumps blood through the system
What is the heart
These tough bands of tissues connect joints together
The digestive organ used to help absorb nutrients into the bloodstream
What is the intestines
Insects have scissor like these to help cut plants for eating
An animal that feeds on dead animals is called a
What is scavenger?
This type of circulatory system is confined to arteries, vessels, and veins
What is closed?
What are endoskeletons?
A parasite that lives inside the digestive tract of other animals and absorbs nutrients through the skin
What is a tapeworm
A bird's ______ may be adapted to the type of seeds it eats.
What is beak?
This is the process of maintaining balance in the body systems of an animal
What is homeostasis?
These connect arteries and veins
What are capillaries?
What is pulling?
The organ found in birds and worms that performs the grinding and crushing since they don't have teeth
What is gizzard?
Animals that feed on this have long mouthparts to obtain it from flowers.
What is nectar?
What is ectothermic?
Mollusks, echinoderms, arthropods, and other invertebrates have an open circulatory system where their organs are bathed in this blood like fluid
What is hemolymph?
This is the term that refers to animals like sponges who remain in one place most of their lives.
What is sessile?