Senses
How are animals classified?
They are classified by whether or not they have a backbone.
What is an invertebrate?
Animals without a backbone.
How do fish breathe?
Fish use gills to breathe as they take oxygen from the water.
When an animal blends in with its environment.
How do birds breathe?
Bird use their nostril like beaks to breathe.
What sense detects odor to avoid danger or find food?
Smell
What is a vertebrate?
Animals that have a backbone.
An amphibian has what type of body covering?
slick moist skin
What is hibernation?
When animals go into a deep sleep to conserve energy. The animal slow its heart rate and does this when it gets cold. Bears are commonly known for this.
Are birds warm blooded or cold blooded?
Birds are warm blooded.
Taste
What skin covering do mammals have?
fur or hair
What is a learned behavior?
One that an animals has to learn, they are not born with it.
What is mimicry?
When an animal imitates another animal for survival.
warm blooded
What sense detects color, shape, size, light, and movement.
Sight
What is the difference between amphibians and reptiles?
Amphibians can live in land and water. Amphibians also have moist skin while reptiles have scale like skin. Both are vertebrates and both are cold blooded.
What is an instinctive behavior?
A behavior that is known since birth. This behavior is not learned.
What is migration?
When animals move from one place to another.
What is a reptile's body covering?
Reptiles are covered with scales.
What sense using skin to detect texture and shape?
Touch
What are the categories of vertebrates?
Fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals
What is the hard outer shell that some invertebrates have?
an exoskeleton
What is echolocation?
Finding the location of objects by reflected sound. Dolphins and bats use this.
Reptiles and Amphibians.