Question | Answer |
Invertebrates don't have | Backbones |
Characteristics of mammals include | Warm blooded (endothermic), have hair or fur, live birth and ability to provide milk for babies |
Characteristics of birds include | Warm blooded (endothermic), hollow bones, wings, eggs with hard shells, beaks |
Characteristics of amphibians include | Smooth, moist skin through which they absorb oxygen, most have lungs, cold blooded (ectotherm) |
Characteristics of reptiles include | Dry, scaly skin, lungs, lays leathery eggs on land, cold-blooded (ectotherm) |
Characteristic of fish include | Gills, lateral lines used to sense environment, swim bladders to help them hover in water, cold-blooded (ectotherm) |
Four types of birds | Flightless, Water, Song, Birds of Prey |
A mammal that develops inside its mother's body until its body systems can function independently. Ex: Humans | Placental Mammals |
Mammal that develops in a pouch. Ex: Kangaroo | Marsupials |
Mammals that lay eggs. Ex: Duck-billed platypus | Monotremes |
Most fish are in this category | Bony Fish - Grouper, bass, catfish, etc. |
An example of a cartilaginous fish | Shark |
Snakes, lizards and turtles are | Reptiles |
Frogs, toads and salamanders are | Amphibians |
Simplest of all invertebrates | Sponges |
Simple tube shaped bodies belong to | Worms |
Three types of worms | Flat, round and segmented |
Three groups of mollusks are | Bivalves, Gastropods and Cephalopods |
Clams, mussels, oysters and scallops are | Bivalves - Mollusks |
Snails and slugs are | Gastropods - Mollusks |
Squid, octopus, chambered nautilus are | Cephalopods - Mollusks |
All cnidarians have | Central opening surrounded by tentacles |
Jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones are | Cnidarians |
Spiny skinned animals are | Echinoderms |
Starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and sand dollars are | Echinoderms |
Three groups of arthropods are | Insects, arachnids and crustaceans |
Beetles, butterflies and ants are | Insects - Arthropods |
Two main characteristics of insects | Three body segments and six legs |
Spiders, ticks and mites are | Arachnids - Arthropods |
Two main characteristics of arachnids are | Two body segments and eight legs |
Lobster, shrimp and crabs are | Crustaceans - Arthropods |
Opening through which water enters the aboral side of the starfish | Madreporite |
Top side of starfish | Aboral or Dorsal |
Bottom side of starfish (mouth side) | Oral or Ventral |
Starfish move by | Tube Feet |
What is different about a starfish's digestive system? | It has two stomachs |
The only group of invertebrates to have a brain is | Cephalopods - Mollusk |
Jellyfish | Cnidarian |
Sea Urchin | Echinderm |
Scorpion | Arachnids - Arthopods |
Grasshopper | Insect - Arthropods |
Sand Dollar | Echinoderm |
Coral Reef | Cnidarians |
Crawfish | Crustacean - Arthopods |
Spider | Arachnid - Arthopods |
Sea Anemone | Cnidarians |
Earthworm | Worms |
Oyster | Bivalves - Mollusk |
Scallops | Bivalves - Mollusk |
Conches | Gastropods - Mollusk |
Chambered Nautilus | Cephalopod - Mollusk |
Squid | Cephalopod - Mollusk |
Roundworm | Worm |
Which doesn't belong? Starfish, Catfish, Goldfish | Starfish - Echinoderm/Invertebrate
Catfish/Goldfish are Fish/Vertebrates |
Which doesn't belong? Seahorse, Shark, Clam | Clam - Bivalves/Mollusk/Invertebrate
Shark/Seahorse - Fish/Vertebrates |
Which doesn't belong? Cat, Kangaroo, Opossum | Cat - Placental Mammal
Kangaroo/Opossum - Marsupial Mammals |
Which doesn't belong? Dolphin, Human, Whale Shark | Whale Shark - Fish/Vertebrates
Human/Dolphin - Mammals/Vertebrates |
Do they all belong? Ostrich, penguin and peacock | Yes - All flightless birds |
Which doesn't belong? Hawk, Buzzard, Eagle | Buzzard - Scavenger/Vertebrate
Hawk/Eagle - Birds of Prey/Vertebrates |