Responses
A response is a reaction to this.
What is a stimulus?
The structure in female mammals that produces milk for the young
What is mammary gland?
Maintaining a relatively stable internal environment is known as...
What is homeostasis?
A hard body covering made of complex carbohydrates is known as...
What is an exoskeleton?
This type of reproduction involves gametes (egg & sperm) from both male & female
What is sexual reproduction?
This is the "thinking" region of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
The organ that exchanges respiratory gases, nutrients and waste between the mother and her developing young
What is the placenta?
An animal that controls its body temperature using heat from sources outside its body
What is an ectotherm?
This place is where parts of a skeleton are connected....
What are joints?
The point in reproduction when the sperm and egg join together.
What is fertilization?
This is a specialized nerve cell.
What is a neuron?
The developmental process that leads to dramatic changes in shape and form (butterflies go through this).
What is metamorphosis?
An animal that controls its body temperature by using heat made inside its body - humans, dogs & mice are examples
What is an endotherm?
Arthropods break out of their exoskeleton and grow a new one in this process...
What is molting?
This type of reproduction does NOT require gametes from both male & female parents?
What is asexual reproduction?
Interneurons that are grouped together are called...
What are ganglia?
A species whose embryos develop in eggs OUTSIDE the mother's body.
What is oviparous?
How do humans maintain cool body temperatures?
What is sweating?
This type of skeleton consist of fluids held together in a gastrovascular cavity that can alter the animal's body drastically...
What is a hydrostatic skeleton?
An immature form that resembles adults, but lack functional sexual organs?
Messages are passed from neurons to muscles by these.
What are motor neurons?
A species whose embryos obtain nutrients from the mother's body.
What is viviparous?
DAILY DOUBLE
These are responsible for producing and releasing hormones?
What are endocrine glands?
Muscles are attached to bones around the joint by tough connective tissues called...
What are tendons?
The stage in which an insect larva develops into an adult...
What is a pupa?