Vocabulary I
The vast majority of animals in the world are classified as ___________.
What are invertebrates?
A piranha is most likely found in this type of biome.
What is tropical rain forest?
True or false: Fishes, reptiles, and amphibians are all aquatic?
What is FALSE?
Annelids, Platyhelminthes, and nematodes are all different phyla of _______.
What are worms?
The three domains of taxonomy are ___________.
What are Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya?
Feathers, hair, nails, and horns are made up of this protein.
What is keratin?
An elephant is most likely found in this biome.
What are grasslands?
This class of vertebrate animals begin life in water, undergo metamorphosis, and can survive in terrestrial and aquatic environments.
What are amphibians?
These are invertebrates with radial symmetry, a soft body, and tentacles with stinging capability.
What are cnidarians?
The sixth level of classification.
What is Family?
Has more than one line of symmetry.
What is radial?
A tortoise most likely belongs in this biome.
What is desert?
A crab belongs to this phylum.
What are crustaceans?
These are invertebrates with a porous, asymmetrical body that pumps and filters water.
What are poriferans?
The most specific level of taxonomy.
What is Species?
Most arthropods have a(n) _______________ on the outside that protects them.
A moose is most likely found in this type of biome.
What is Taiga (boreal forest)?
All mammals have these three things in common.
What is have body hair, three middle ear bones, and feed their young with milk?
These are invertebrates with a soft body that is typically enclosed in a shell.
What are mollusks?
Humans are in this domain, kingdom, phylum, and class.
What is Eukarya, Animal, Chordata, and Mammals?
__________means cold-blooded, while __________ means warm-blooded.
What is ectothermic; endothermic?
A beaver is most likely found in this biome.
What is temperate forest?
The following animals have these two things in common: jellyfish, crab, octopus, clam, sponge, sea urchin.
1) All live in aquatic environments
2) All are invertebrates
These are invertebrates that exhibit radial symmetry and a tough, spiny skin.
What are echinoderms?
The squid is one of the largest invertebrate mollusks, and belongs to the class ______.
What are cephalopods?