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17 Cards in this Set
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Q.) Trees make their own food for energy and are called |
A.) Autotrophs |
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Q.) An organism that becomes larger and more complex is showing what characteristics of living things |
A.) Growth and development |
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Q.) What characteristics of living things is shown when a plant goes into dormancy during the winter |
A.) Responding to stimuli |
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Q.) Why are animals considered heterotrophs |
A.) They obtain energy by consuming food |
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Q.) What type of reproduction-one parent produces offspring identical to the parent |
A.) Asexual |
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Q.) What is the order of classification from broadest to most specific (abbreviate) |
A.) K, P, C, O, F, G, S |
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Q.) What is the scientific name of wolf |
A.) Canis lupus |
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Q.) What classification group contains organisms that are able to breed and produce young of the same kind |
A.) Species |
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Q.) Which characteristic of living things is demonstrated: a rabbit becoming perfectly still when it heard a sound |
A.) Respond to stimuli |
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Q.) A frog goes through metamorphosis to become a frog, this makes it what kind of animal? |
A.) Amphibian |
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Q.) An animal with a backbone is a |
A.) Vertebrate |
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Q.) A bat, an elephant, a weasel have what in common that allows them to be classified in the same group |
A.) They all have hair or fur |
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Q.) What happens to a cold blooded animal as the temperature drops |
A.) It becomes slow and sluggish |
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Q.) Some snakes will gather by the hundreds and coil in a huge ball. What would be the benefit of this behavior |
A.) To reduce heat loss |
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Q.) If a snake is laying on top of moist soil and becomes too hot once the sun rises, what might it do |
A.) Bury itself in the soil |
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Q.) What is the difference between endothermic and ectothermic animals |
A.) Endothermic's must maintain a constant body temperature |
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Q.) In order to maintain a constant body temperature, what do endothermic animals do more often than ectothermic |
A.) Endothermic animals eat more |
