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A ___________ eats other animals.
carnivore
omnivore
A sea star is an echinoderm because it has radial symmetry and tube feet.
True
What are the stages of incomplete metamorphosis?
egg, nymph, and adult
An amphibian has smooth ________.
skin
An herbivore eats _______ only.
plants
many, many
An octopus and an oyster are mollusks because they have a hard body and mantle.
false- soft bode
What are filter feeders?
Animals that eat organisms that float through the water.
A __________ has feathers.
bird
An _________ eats mainly insects.
insectivore
Birds and mammals are _______-blooded
warm
A sponge gets its food from water that flows through its gills.
False- through its body.
Bats use what to know where they are flying and to find food?
echolocation
True or false:
Most animal phyla are vertebrates.
False- The are invertebrates.
An ________ has three body segments and three pairs of legs.
insect
An arthropod with five pairs of legs and a claw is a __________.
crustacean
Invertebrates are animals that have a backbone.
False. Invertebrates have no backbones.
nematocysts
Shrimp and spiders are both considered to be arthropods because they have ________ ______, a segmented ________, and an ___________.
jointed legs, segmented body, and an exoskeleton.
An ___________ with two body segments and eight legs is an arachnid.
arthropod
________ is the fatty layer that insulates some animals.
Blubber
Vertebrates have backbones.
True
What is the difference between an arachnid and an insect?
An arachnid has two body segments and eight legs. An insect has three body parts and six legs.
What can cause serious human health problems because they are parasitic and use both humans and animals as hosts? What are the two diseases that they can spread?
Ticks- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Lyme disease.