Traits
What are physical characteristics that parents pass down to their offspring?
inherited traits
Which type of adaptation allows for animals to protect themselves from being hurt, killed, or eaten?
defense
What are the 2 types of classifications for animals?
vertebrates and non-vertebrates
False
Which animal traits are influenced by how and where they live?
environmental traits
What do animals need to do in order to find the resources they need for food, shelter, and space?
move around
Which category of animals either have a shell/outside covering or do not?
Invertebrates
What do you call stages of growth and development in animals?
life cycles
When an animal's fur color or thickness changes, is this an environmental or inherited trait?
environmental
Can you name 1 special structure that animals have for obtaining food?
bird beaks, insect mouths, teeth or claws
Which category of animals has skin, a skeleton, muscles, and lungs/gills?
Vertebrates
What do you call it when an animal's life cycle goes through changes in its appearance, color, shape, or body structures?
metamorphosis
Are eye color, hair color, and height examples of environmental or inherited traits?
inherited
Which adaptation allows for animals to blend into their environment?
camouflage
Which 2 groups of vertebrates are warm-blooded?
mammals and birds
Name the stages of development for a butterfly.
egg,larva, pupa, adult
Which type of animal changes into another animal when the environment causes its traits to change?
NONE. Environmental traits don't change animals into other animals.
Name 1 special structure that helps animals move.
Answers will vary
Which 3 groups of vertebrates are cold-blooded?
amphibians, reptiles, and fish
Name the stages of growth for a frog.
egg, tadpole, froglet, frog