Adaptations
The definition of an adaptation
What is a trait or characteristic that gives an organism a better chance of surviving in a certain environment.
This classification of animals do not have a backbone.
What are invertebrates?
Frogs and Butterflies undergo big changes in their life cycles, this is called.
What is a Carnivore?
Arachnids include which two types of animals?
Spiders and Scorpions
A common camoflauge pattern seen on aquatic animals.
These types of animals produce their own body heat.
What are endotherms?
What are Insects?
These kind of animals eat their own species.
What are cannibals?
What do we call the environment an organism lives in?
A habitat.
This person is credited with the theory of natural selection (aka evolution).
Who is Charles Darwin?
These animals typically give live birth and always produce milk for their young.
What are mammals?
When an organism can reproduce successfully it is considered at what stage?
What is an adult?
Lungs in a mammal could be compared to what structure in a fish?
What are gills?
What are the three basic needs of any animal?
Food, Water, Shelter
The two types of adaptations?
What is structural and behavioural?
Carls Linneaus developed a system that classified animals based on what?
How closely related they were to each other.
The reason we call them life CYCLES is?
Because they move in circles, baby to young to adult to have new babies and so on.
How are the amount of babies an animals has and its parenting techniques typically related?
More babies = less parenting, less babies = more parenting
This type of animals are descended from dinosaurs.
What are birds?
Name the 3 major adaptations that allow birds to fly?
Feathers, Wings and Hollow Bones.
Coral and Sea sponges are classified as what kind of animals?
What is Porifera?
A gestation period refers to what?
How long an animal is pregnant for.
What is member of the cnidaria family?
jellyfish
Herpetology is the study of which types of animals?
Reptiles and Amphibians