Characteristics used to classify animals
A scientist who studies animals
zoologist
A sea urchin is this kind of invertebrate
echinoderm
largest group of fish
bony fish
These vertebrates have beaks that lack teeth
A kangaroo is this kind of mammal
Marsupial
the stinging cells that jellyfish and corals have
cnidocytes
This group of arthropods have more than six legs, with some having 10
crustaceans
This group of invertebrates can fly
insects
Characteristic unique to mammals
hair or milk production
Crocodilian with narrow, pointed snouts
crocodiles
When the sense organs and brain are clustered at one end of the body
cephalization
the scientific term for the physical appearance of an animal
morphology
Snails belong to this phylum
Mollusca
Three subgroups of turtles
tortoise, sea turtles, terrapins
Most mammals are these type of mammals
placental mammals
jellyfish has this type of gut
incomplete gut
These animals never develop a notochord in their lifetime
invertebrates
metamorphosis
A small group of reptiles consisting of only two species, found in New Zealand
Tuatara
Another name for an egg-laying mammal
monotreme
Term defined as : the property of an object that can be divided by one to more imaginary lines into mirror-image halves
symmetry
What are the three major groups of mollusks
Gastropods, cephalopods, bivalves
This type of squamate have immovable eyelids
snakes
This structure, inside of the mother, brings oxygen and food to a growing fetus
placenta
In mammals, milk is produce in this structure
mammary glands