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
The largest mammal
Blue whale
Plants without vascular systems
Bryophyte a
This plant without a vascular system often forms a lush green coating on moisture services
Club moss
Bristles found on segmented worms
Setae
Front cutting teeth of a mammal
Incisors
The reasons scientists prefer scientific names to common names
The same organism may have several common names. Different organisms may have the same common name.
The man who developed a modern definition of the word “species”
John Ray
The only animals that have a diaphragm
Mammals
Mammals whose young develop in the uterus or womb are called this
Placental mammals
Slow moving arbor real mammal with large claws
Sloth
The most important basis for classifying living things
Body structure
The term that refers to animals with backbones
Vertebrates
Tiny one celled reproductive structure produced by certain non-seed plants
Spores
This plant has leaves called fronds
Ferne
Three types of non-seed vascular plants
Fern
horse tail
club moss
Animals without backbones
Invertebrates
Two groups of seed plants
Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
The number of chambers in a mammals heart
Four
The term referring to an internal skeleton
Endoskeleton
The only mammals that can actually fly
Bats
Includes flukes, tapeworms, and planarians
Flatworms
Includes starfish and sand dollars
Echinoderms
Marine mammals covered with spines
Echinoderms
Includes coral
Coelenterates
“Pore-bearers”
Sponges
Invertebrates that often have an external she’ll
Mollusks
The only multicellular animals without nervous systems
Sponges
These have a muscular foot
Mollusks
Includes earthworms and leeches
Segmented worms
Have tentacles with stinging cells
Coelenterates
