Characteristics of Animals
What characteristics do scientists use to classify animals into two main groups?
___________ and no ____________
backbone and no backbone
An insect knows about the world around it using its
a) color
or
b) antennae
b) antennae
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Where do animals live?
where their ________ can be met
needs
Insect Characteristics:
1. 6 legs
2. wings (usually)
3. antennae
4. ____________ (How many body parts do they have?)
4. 3 body parts
Many reptiles
a) have gills as babies
b) shed their skin as they grow
b) shed their skin as they grow
Describe the life cycle of a butterfly in 4 steps:
1. Egg
2. Larva
3. Pupa
4. Adult
What are two ways an animal can change where they live to meet their needs?
by storing ______ and building _________
By storing food and building shelter
Amphibian characteristics include:
1. live on water and land
2. breathe with lungs as adults
3. thin, smooth, and wet skin
4. _________________ (hint: do they have fins and scales or do they breathe with gills as young ones?)
4. breathe with gills as young ones
Both a baby spider and adult spider
a) spin webs to catch food
b) use their front legs as hands
a) spin webs to catch food
Describe the life cycle of a frog in three steps
1. Eggs
2. Tadpole
3. Adult
The food chain begins with the _______.
Sun!
Reptile Characteristics:
1. breathe air with lungs
2. have tough, dry, and scaly skin
3. ____________ (breathe with gills when young or have a backbone?)
3. have a backbone
The egg, larvae, and pupa do not look like the
a) baby butterfly
b) adult butterfly
b) adult butterfly
How did God design animals and where they live to work together so that animals can survive and grow? Use the Bible's teaching in your answer.
the Bible says that God designed ways for some animals to live in the sea, some to live in the air, and some to live on land. He gave the animals places to live and food to eat.
In this food chain--
Sun --- Plants ----- Butterfly ---- Bird ---- Cat
where does the bird get its energy from?
Butterfly
A tadpole loses its gills and forms what to breathe on land?
a) bigger gills
b) lungs
Lungs
Many parents and their offspring have ________ body parts to help them survive.
a) the same
b) different
Why are there predators and prey? Be sure to include the Bible in your answer!
the Bible tells us in Genesis 3 that after Adam and Eve sinned (the Fall), the animals changed. Now some animals eat other animals. There are predators and prey.
In this food chain,
Sun --- Plants ----- Butterfly ---- Bird ---- Cat
The cat is the __________ (prey or predator?)
Predator