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