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Animals

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Vertebrates
animals with backbones
invertebrates
animals without backbones
ectothermic
Another name for cold blooded
endothermic
another name for warm blooded
fish
cold blooded animals that get oxygen through gills
amphibians
cold blooded animals that go through metamorphosis and live part of their life on land and part in water
reptiles
coldblooded animals with scales or plates; breathe with lungs
birds
warm blooded animals with feathers
mammals
warm blooded animals with fur, feed young milk, have live babies
exoskeleton
skeleton on outside of body
endoskeleton
skeleton on inside of body
sponges
simple invertebrates that get food and oxygen through pores
pores
holes
segmented worms
invertebrates with tube like bodies and a long digestive tract that runs length of body
skin
segmented worms breathe through their_____
eggs
reptiles lay ____
toads
Frogs or toads? Which has bumpy skin and lives on land?
echinoderms
invertebrates with arms radiating outward and tube feet for getting oxygen
mollusks
invertebrates with soft bodies and a muscular food for movements. May have a shell
arthropods
invertebrates with jointed bodies, wings and exoskeleton; breathe through gills or air tubes
mimicry
type of defense where an organism looks like a more dangerous organism
shedding
type of response to heat where an animal loses hair
sweating
response to heat where an organism uses evaporation to cool skin
panting
response to heat where evaporation from mouth and lungs cools body
shivering
response to cold where organism shakes to create heat
hibernation
state of greatly reduced activity to conserve food and energy
migration
movement of animals to a new location to look for food, better climates
courtship
type of behavior in which adult organisms try to attract a mate
imprinting
behavior in which newborns follow the first object they see
conditioning
trial and error behavior that helps animals learn
inherited
type of behavior that is passed from parent to offspring (instincts)
learned
type of behavior not passed from parents to offspring....offspring learn from observation
gills
fish, young amphibians and some arthropods breathe with these
lungs
mammals and birds breathe with these
multicellular
animals are unicellular or multicellular?
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