Hungry?
eats maily insects
insectivore
I have many body segments & many legs
centipede
Birds
Warm-blooded
I get my food from water that flows through my body
sponge
We call animals with a backbone ________________.
Vertebrates
eats plants only
herbivore
I have two body segments and eight legs
arachnid
Fish
Cold-Blooded
These creatures have soft bodies and a mantle
mollusks
Bats use ________________ to locate their food.
echolocation
eats other animals
carnivore
I have three body segments and three pairs of legs
insect
Amphibians
Cold-Blooded
I have radial symmetry and tube feet
echinoderm
The 4 stages of complete metamorphosis include ....
1. egg
2. larva
3. pupa
4. adult
eats both plants and animals
omnivore
I have 5 pairs of legs and a claw
crustacean
Mammals
Jellyfish using ____________ to sting their prey.
nematocysts
What characteristic do most of the animal phyla have in common?
They are invertebrates.
animals that eats organisms floating through the water
filter feeder
I have segments and move using setae
annelids
Why would a cold-blooded animal have difficulty surviving in polar regions?
Cold-blooded animals depend on environment for warmth. Since polar regions are cold, cold-blooded animals could not keep enough body warmth to survive continuously cold conditions.
Oysters are an example of a ________________.
mollusks
Why can ticks cause serious health problems?
Ticks are parasitic and can spread diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme Disease.