Animal Classification
Name the group of animals that do NOT have a backbone.
Invertebrates
This adaptation helps an animal to blend in with their environment.
Camouflage
Wolf or Canis lupis
What do cats eat?
Meat! They are true carnivores unlike dogs who are actually omnivores.
Name one reptile that exhibits caretaking for its young?
Crocodilians
What are two characteristics of animals in the group, Mammalia.
1. Have fur
2. Give birth to live young
3. Produce Milk for young
4. Warm-Blooded
This animal is an example of a predator who uses stripes to hide in their environment.
Tiger
30,000
Cats were tamed by humans how many years ago?
10,000 years ago
What is it called when cold-blooded animals lay in the sun to warm up?
Basking
What is the animal group that lays soft-shelled eggs on land?
Reptiles
Coyotes and this animal have a mutualistic relationship that helps them to hunt more effectively.
Badger
Dogs read human emotions by looking at which side of the human face?
The right side of a person's face (dog looks left).
Name two things petting a cat for 10 minutes is said to help with
1. Reduces anxiety
2. Increases love hormones
3. Decreases stress hormones
4. Supports heart health
5. Lowers blood pressure
A turtle's shell is made up of two things. What are they?
Scutes and bone
What group of animals has permeable skin that can exchange water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide?
Amphibians
Some animals use ________ to pretend that they are poisonous, toxic, or venomous and confuse predators.
Mimicry
The process of taming wild animals to live with humans is called:
domestication
What were cats hunting that led to their domestication?
Rats and rodents who were eating grain
Cane toads were introduced to Australia as a biological control against what type of pest?
The Cane Beetle - which they did not eat.
Frogs, Salamanders, Newts, and Toads all go through a change in their body shapes and functions known as _______________.
Metamorphosis
This species of bird pretends to be injured to draw predators away from their nests.
Killdeer
When using their hands to check an animal's body for ideal weight, a vet uses a rating system called:
Body Composition Score or BCS
Cats have a special reflex that enables them to land on their feet most of the time. What is this reflex called?
What caused some frogs in Brazil to loose their ability to fight of the B.D. fungus keratinizing their skin?
Habitat fragmentation