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Fish and mammals
Amphibians
Reptiles
Mammals
Birds
100
Are fish ectothermic or endothermic?
What is ectothermic
100
Amphibians require what kind of habitat for breeding?
What is water/wet
100
What kind of skin do reptiles have
What is dry, scaley
100
What is it called when mammals are inactive during the summer, warm months
What is estivation
100
What kind of feathers give a bird their streamlined shape
What is contour feathers
200
What controls the swimming depth of fish
What is swim bladder
200
What do amphibians do in the cold winter time
What is hibernate
200
What kind of eggs do reptiles lay
What is amniotic eggs
200
The three main groups of mammals are
What is placental, monotremes, and marsupials
200
Branches of the feather's main shaft
What is barbs
300
what are three purposes of mammals hair/fur
What is insulate from cold, insulate from heat, protect from wind and rain
300
What does metamorphosis mean?
What is change of body form
300
reptiles breathe with the use of what
What is lungs
300
part of the mammal that produces milk to feed their young
What is mammary glands
300
What are the soft fluffy feathers used for insulation called
What is down feathers
400
Not about fish.... endothermic vertebrates that produce milk
What is mammals
400
Animals that eat plants
What is herbivore
400
Animals that eat only meat (or other animals) are called
What is carnivores
400
What are animals that eat both plants and animals called
What is omnivores
400
Name three characteristics of birds that are NOT the same as reptiles (ex. laying eggs IS the same)
What is has feathers, eggs are in a hard shell, have wings, are endothermic, have 2 legs, have hollow bones
500
What are the 3 groups (skeletal types) of fish
What is bony, jawless, cartilagenous
500
Not about Amphibians.... The time from fertilization to birth
What is gestation period
500
A snake is sitting on a rock in the Sun, why is the snake lying in the Sun?
What is snakes are ectothermic, their body temperature changes with the surrounding temperature, so they need the rays from the Sun to warm up.
500
What are three characteristics common of mammals
What is endothermic vertebrate, fur or hair, specialized teeth, specialized body systems
500
The bones of birds are hollow - why does this help them fly?
What is it means they weigh less, so it is easier to take off and they use less energy