Animal Digestion
Mechanical digestion organ found in earthworms and birds.
gizzard
Animals caught and eaten by other animals.
Prey
Carries blood away from the heart.
Arteries.
Animal that has bacteria to break down wood.
Termite.
Special cells that collect information and carry nerve impulses.
Neurons.
The system that transports nutrients and gasses throughout an animals body.
Circulatory system.
The classification for animals eating other animals.
Scavenger.
Support system that acts like a reserve of important minerals.
Endoskeleton.
Most people don't eat insects because they aren't a good source of nutrition. (True/False)
False.
Threadlike structures that increase the surface area of gills.
Filaments.
The type of digestion that grinds and crush food into small particles.
Mechanical Digestion.
An animal that feeds on plants.
Herbivore.
The structure that allows a bird's lungs to recieve fresh oxygen when it breathes in and out.
airsacs.
What invertebrates use to collect and expel wastes.
Excretory tubules.
The neurons of most animals are bundled together into larger structure called spinal cords. (True/False)
False.
An organ that aids in digestion and absorbing nutrients.
Intestine.
The animal that has a hydrostatic skeleton.
Jellyfish
Bones of an endo skeletons that are held together by bands of tissue.
Ligaments
Scissor like mouth parts that insects use to eat plant material.
Mandibles.
An organism that cannot move from place to place.
Sessile.
When a animal takes in food and expels undigested waste through the same opening.
An incomplete digestive system.
Animal with a two-chambered heart.
Fish.
Blood like fluid found in animals with open circulatory systems.
Hemolymph.
How sponges obtain energy. (daily double)
They filter microscopic particles from the water.
When a ectotherm becomes to hot or cold.
Move to another location.