Animal Adaptations

Question 1

Herbivores

Answer 1

Organisms that rely on plant tissues

Question 2

Carnivores

Answer 2

Organisms that feed on animal tissue

Question 3

Omnivores

Answer 3

Feed on both plants and animals

Question 4

Detritivores

Answer 4

Feed on dead plants and animals

Question 5

Carnassial

Answer 5

Teeth of carnivores

Question 6

Lophodont

Answer 6

The herbivores such as elephants

Question 7

Selenodont

Answer 7

The herbivores such as deer and cows

Question 8

Bunodont

Answer 8

Omnivores such as humans, raccoons, bears, and pigs

Question 9

First-level carnivores

Answer 9

Organisms that feed directly on herbivores

Question 10

Second-level carnivores

Answer 10

Feed on first-level carnivores

Question 11

Homeotherm

Answer 11

Maintains a constant body temperature regardless of external conditions due to high metabolic rate

Question 12

Conditions for circadian rhythms

Answer 12

Must be an internal mechanism of 24hrs
Must be capable of being changed or rest
Clock must be able to run continuously in the absence of any environmental time setter
Must run at the same rate at any temperature

Question 13

Sun compass

Answer 13

When the angle of the sun is deflected with a mirror, the bird maintains the same relative position to the sun as it did without the mirror

Question 14

Circannnual clock

Answer 14

It is a free-running rhythm in the absence of environmental cues
It has a period that approximates but deviates from a 365 day cycles
Time independent

Question 15

Catadromous

Answer 15

Spawn in the ocean but feed and grow in freshwater or estuaries

Question 16

Anadromous

Answer 16

Fish that live in the ocean but migrate to freshwater to spawn