Unit 2 - Science Flashcards
an animal that eats other animals
carnivore
an animal that eats dead and decaying plants and animals
decomposer
an animal that eats plants
herbivore
a behavior or trait that is inherited from the parents
innate
anything an animal knows how to do without learning it first
instinct
an animal that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
a behavior that animals do NOT do by instinct
learned behavior
a caterpillar puts itself into a cocoon
innate behavior
animals learn new things by experience and from _____ ______
another animal
most _____ _______ help animals with getting food and reproduicing
innate behaviors
stage of incomplete insect metamorphosis
- egg
- nymph
- adult
stages for complete insect metamorphosis
- egg
- larva
- pupa
- adult
compound eyes
six legs
THREE body segments
What has these?
insects
____ has a soft body
mollusk
____ has a simple skeleton, no muscles, and no brain
sponge
_____ has an endoskeleton and usually a spiny skin
echinoderm
______ is a skeleton inside the body
endoskeleton
____ is a skeleton outside the body
exoskeleton
______ is an animal with two body segments and eight legs
arachnid
a ________ has body segments, simple body systems, and no hard outer shell or skeleton, and NO legs
annelid
a _____ is an animal that has an exoskeleton, body segments, and jointed legs
arthropod
a _____ is a developing mammal inside the mother
embryo
a ___-blooded animal is able keep the inside of the animal warm even if the temperature is old on the outside
warm
when an animal is ___=blooded, the inside of the animal will be the temperature of the air or water it is in
cold
______ feed their young milk from the mother
mammal
______ are covered in hard, dry scales and breathe with lungs
reptiles
_____ breath through both lungs and gills
amphibians
_______ incubate their eggs
birds
______ spend part of their lives on land and part of their lives in water
amphibians
_______ have babies called fry
fish
__________ breath through gills and have fins
fish
____ have wings and beaks or bills
birds