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Vocab - Animals
Science Vocabulary - Animal Kingdom
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| animal kingdom | The major group of living things that includes every kind of animal |
| backbone | The column of bones along the middle of a vertebrate's back. The backbone is also called the spine or spinal column. |
| bone | A part of a vertebrate's skeleton; the hard substance of which the parts of a vertebrate's skeleton are made |
| cell | The most basic part of every living thing; most plants and animals are made of millions of connected cells. |
| characteristic | A feature or quality |
| cold-blooded | Describing an animal whose body temperature changes with the temperature of its environment |
| digest | To break down food so that the body can use it for energy |
| endangered | Describing a plant or animal that is in danger of dying out |
| exoskeleton | The hard, shell-like outer skeleton that protects an arthropod's body |
| habitat | The natural place where a plant or animal is found |
| host | An animal that is attacked by a parasite |
| invertebrate | An animal that has no backbone |
| larva | A baby insect or similar animal after it hatches from an egg. A larva has a soft, wormlike body. |
| limb | A body part such as a leg, arm, or wing |
| live born | Describing a baby animal that is not hatched from an egg |
| organ | A part of the body that does a special job. For example, the heart pumps blood throughout the body. |
| paralyze | To cause an animal to lose power and feeling in parts of or all of its body |
| parasite | A creature that feeds off a living plant or animal's body |
| predator | An animal that kills and eats prey |
| prey | An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal |
| reproduce | To make babies |
| scale | A small, flat, tough structure on the skin of some animals, such as fish and reptiles. |
| senses | The abilities that help an animal be aware of its surroundings, including sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch skeleton |
| species | A group of very similar living things whose offspring can make babies |
| tentacle | A long, flexible body part used for feeling, grasping, and moving |
| warm-blooded | Describing an animal whose body temperature stays the same no matter what the temperature of its environment |
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