Chapter 6/Lesson 1 Flashcards
Carnivores
Animals that eat other animals.
Herbivores
Animals that eat only plants
Omnivores
Animals that each both plants and animals.
Use of Pointed Teeth
Animal adaption that allows them to tear and eat meat.
Use of Flat Teeth
Herbivores have flat teeth for grinding plant materials.
What are filter feeders?
Animals that trap and filter microscopic animals in the water. Use netlike structures to filter. These animals range in size from small clams to huge whales.
Behavioral Adaptions
Animals behaviors that allow them to collection food, for example spiders spin webs to trap their food.
Radula
A flexible tongue like ribbon of tiny teeth.
Digestion
The process for breaking down food into smaller molecules.
Intercellular Digestion
A process where food is digested in specialized cells and then defused into other cells.
Extracellular Digestion
A process where food is digested outside their cells. Usually happens in a specialized organize or digestive system.
Digestive System
Specialized organs or structures for digesting food.
Simple Digestive Systems
A simple organ where waste and food enter and exit through the same opening.
Digestive Tube
A long tube like organ with two opens to allow food to enter and waste to leave. Has specialized areas to dissolve and process food.
Anus
Opening to allow wastes to leave an organ or system.
Crop
An organ where food is softened or stored.
Gizzard
A muscular organ where good is ground up.
Intestine
An organ where digestion is completed and food is absorbed.
Esophagus
An tube that connects the mouth and the stomach.
Stomach
An organ where food is partially broken down before it enters the intestine.
Liver
An organ that adds digestive chemicals to the digestive tube.
Rumen
The largest part of a cows stomach. Bacteria in the rumen help the cow digest plant material.
