Vocab
An animal that eats plants only.
Herbivore
How do leeches get food?
feeding on liquids/sucking out blood
Fish use what special organ to help them breathe under water
Gills
a chemical signal that glands produce.
Hormones
Name a mammal that can lay eggs
Platypus and echidnas
An Animal that eats meat only.
Carnivore
How many openings are in a gastrovascular cavity?
The human body needs to get rid of Carbon Dioxide because it is a ________
Waste
What does the kidney do?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
excrete waste such as urine
Edward Teach (or Thatch) is the real name of what very famous pirate?
Black Beard
flowing in a circle; blood is an example.
Circulate
Sea sponges (whales, too) practice this method of feeding.
Filter feeding
How many chambers does the heart have?
four
What two body parts make up the central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord
What group of animals is called a "murder"?
crows
A message that travels along nerve cells
Impulse
What is the main physical difference in herbrbivores and carnivores?
their skulls.
Herbivores- flat teeth for grinding
Carnivores- Sharp teeth for tearing and pulling
What two parts of the heart pump blood to the whole body?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Ventricles
What is the largest part of the brain?
Cerebrum
Which monster is believed to be the "goat-sucker" of Puerto Rico?
El Chupacabra
To take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide
Respire/respiration
What is released in the stomach to help digest food for most animals with a digestive tract?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
digestive enzymes/Acid
What color is oxygenated blood?
red
What's the name of the part that collects excess water inside flatworms?
flame cells
Alexander Hamilton was America's first secretary of what?
Secratary of the treasury