Ch 7 Flashcards
This term means “regulating body temperature internally”
Warm-blooded
One difference between true hibernation and winter sleep
In hibernation, an animal undergoes a drop in body temperature near the freezing point. An animal in winter sleep does not have a drop in body temperature.
In true hibernation, an animal shuts down most of its body functions. An animal in winter sleep just slows them.
An animal in true hibernation cannot be woken by shaking. An animal in winter sleep can be woken by shaking.
Two layers of hair and their purpose
Guard hair – provides shaped to the animals coat
Under hair – gives it warmth
Three main types of eaters and what they consume
Carnivores eat primarily meat
herbivores eat primarily plants
omnivores eat both meat and plants
List reasons a man should not be considered a mammal
Man has a special place in creation Ps. 8:4-8
God takes special care of man Luke 12:67
There’s a unique sanctity of human life Genesis 9:3
There’s a clear distinction created between man and animals I Corinthians 15:39
Scientists who study animals
Zoologists
The purpose of the three parts of the female mammal that nurture and provide for her young
Placenta – serves as lungs, kidneys, and intestines for the developing young
Umbilical cord – delivers oxygen and nutrients to the young and removes waste material
Amniotic sac – surrounds the developing young and protects them by absorbing shock
Attributes of a sloth that make it designed for life in a tree
The xenarthrous processes for flexibility, long claws, hair designed too late belly to back
The body designs that help protect an ant eater from ants
Thick, long fur; long snout and tongue that keep the rest of the body away from the ants
List the animals in the order Isectivora
Shrews
hedgehogs
moles
Groups of bats are called this
Colonies
The system bats used to locate their prey
Echolocation system
The quality of both eyes focusing on one object
Binocular vision
Three groups of monkeys
Prosimians
New World monkeys
Old World monkeys
Define brachiation
Swinging from tree limb to tree limb using only the arms
Five characteristics that all mammals possess
Four chambered heart hair
mammary glands
internal skeleton
ability to regulate their body temperature internally (warm blooded)
Organisms that live in or on other organisms and obtain nutrients from them
Parasites
Internal organs of a mall asked are contained in this
Visceral hump
The term used to refer to a distinct type of organism
Species
