Animal grouping
animal with a backbone
What is a vertebrate?
A trait that helps a living thing survive in its environment
What is an adaptation?
Has a strong, small bill to crack open seeds
What is a cardinal?
An animals ability to blend in or disguise itself into the surroundings
What is camouflage?
a subject Mrs. Mahoney DOES not teach
What is math?
an animal without a backbone
What is an invertebrate?
A behavior that animals are born with that help them survive
What is instinct?
Has a long, pointy bill to stab fish.
What is a heron?
A color or marking that copy those of a different or dangerous animal
What is mimicry?
favorite sport of Mr. Rice
What is baseball?
four things plants and animals need to survive
What is food, water, air, shelter?
An adaptation that allows animals to go into a deep sleep due to seasonal changes
What is hibernation?
Has a large pouch-like bill to scoop up fish
What is a pelican?
An animal uses their hard shells or bodies to protect themselves
What is armor?
The number of sisters Mrs. Mahoney has
What is seven?
the five groups of vertebrates
What are fish, mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians?
An adaptation to move to warmer climate in search of food or a mate
What is migration?
Uses it sharp bill to tear the flesh off animals
What is a hawk?
An animal that uses poison to protect itself
What is a snake?
(rattlesnake, coral snake, poison dart frog)
the saint that our school is named after
What is St. Thomas Aquinas?
four groups of invertebrates
What are sea jellies, worms, mollusks, and arthropods?
Two animals that hibernate
and
two animals that migrate
What are bears, frogs, bats?
What are butterflies, whales, butterfly?
other answers are possible
Uses its long bill to collect nectar from flowers
What is a hummingbird?
A nasty smell that comes from this animal to protect itself
What is a skunk?
(or weasel)
The favorite sport Mrs. Mahoney likes to play and watch on TV
What is tennis?