Arthropods
What class are centipedes in?
The centipede class
What is "Herpetology?"
the study of reptiles and amphibians
What is mammalogy?
Mammalogy is the study of mammals.
What is "Ornithology?"
The study of birds
What is "chemistry?"
The study of the structure and behavior of ordinary matter
What does "Arthropod" mean
"Jointed legs"
What is a "prehensile" tail?
A tail like a monkey, it can grab and hang on to things with it- like the cave salamander
What is a mammal?
Endothermic vertebrates with hair that feed their young milk
What is the state bird of Arkansas?
What is the most "important" metalloid?
Silicon
What are "Crustaceans?"
Four antennae, and breath using gills.
List the 4 characteristics of snakes
scales, teeth, no eyelids, and no external ear openings
What is the cetacean order?
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
What is a bird?
endothermic vertebrate that has feathers and that lays hard-shelled eggs
What is inertia?
What are "Arachnids?"
Air breathers whose body is divided into TWO main segments: the cephalothorax and the abdomen.
List all 4 characteristics of amphibians
porous skin, no scales, lay eggs in water, and go through metamorphasis.
List the 5 classes of vertebrates?
birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
What are four uses of feathers?
Insulation, camouflage, communication, and flying
What is the element symbol of mendelevium?
Md
What are "Insects?"
Six-legged arthropods that breathe air as adults
List the 4 characteristics of reptiles
waterproof skin, scales, lay eggs on land, do not go through metamorphosis
What are Artiodactylids?
Hoofed mammals with an even number of toes.
True or false: The Brown Creeper is a small insect eater that can throw its voice. Their favorite food is fish.
False
What is a conchoidal fracture?
the way that brittle materials break (most break into sort of a clam shape)