Wildlife ID

Question 1

What are the three most important phylums

Answer 1

Chordata, Arthropoda and Mollusca

Question 2

What are the three most important Chordata phylum

Answer 2

Mammalia, Reptilia, and Aves

Question 3

What is the difference between cloning and embryo splitting

Answer 3

Cloning is where cells create offspring identical to the parent while embryo splitting is when you cut an embryo only a few days old to form 2 or more twins

Question 4

Where are most mammals found

Answer 4

Terrestrial

Question 5

What is the class for birds

Answer 5

Aves

Question 6

How are scientific names made

Answer 6

They combine the Genus name and the Species name

Question 7

What is the difference between toads and frogs

Answer 7

Toads are warm, dry and warty while frogs have smooth and moist skin

Question 8

Fish with cartilage have no

Answer 8

Swim bladders

Question 9

What species has more of it than any other species

Answer 9

Insects 800 thousand

Question 10

What is the definition of a carnivore

Answer 10

Flesh eater

Question 11

What is the definition of an insectivore

Answer 11

Insect eater

Question 12

What is the definition of a herbivore

Answer 12

Plant eater

Question 13

What is the definition of an omnivore

Answer 13

Flesh and plant eater

Question 14

What is the definition of metamorphosis

Answer 14

the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distant stages

Question 15

What is the definition of endothermic

Answer 15

Warm-blooded

Question 16

What is physiology

Answer 16

study of the functions of the parts of the anatomy

Question 17

What is Arthropoda

Answer 17

external skeleton and body segments, legs jointed (ticks, insects, crawfish, shrimp, and lobster)

Question 18

What is an exoskeleton

Answer 18

Skeleton outside, no backbone

Question 19

What is the difference between the two types of stomachs

Answer 19

Rummint-stomach divided into four compartments, always with animals that eat food with low nutrient and high fiber (cows or grazers)
Nonrummint-single compartment stomach, monogastric, eat foods that are high in nutrients

Question 20

Why is the Mexican free tail bat not in the bird class

Answer 20

Only mammal capable of flight

Question 21

What is a Decapoda Crustaceans

Answer 21

Lobster, shrimp, crawfish and crabs, thin cartilage type material made from chitin and proteins, grow by molting, bodies in three sections

Question 22

What are arachnids

Answer 22

Similar to insects but have distinct characteristics, most have 4 pair of legs, build webs, mites and ticks are external parasites, sometimes carry dieses, spiders are most diverse and wildly found

Question 23

Why do animals need minerals

Answer 23

They help with growth and reproduction

Question 24

Why is water important

Answer 24

Required for body, at least 40% of the body is made up of water and could change depending on size and weight of animal

Question 25

What is the largest organ

Answer 25

Skin