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Name four things animals need



food, water, oxygen, and shelter


How do animals get oxygen?

from the air or from water



How do animals get the water they need?
by drinking water or from the foods they eat



Why do animals need shelter?


A shelter helps protect an animal from other animals and from the weather.



What are traits?

Traits are the body features that an animal inherits from its parents.



How do animals that live in water get air?

from the water or from the air at the water's surface



What are four things that animals need?

air, water, food, shelter



What are four traits mammals inherit from their parents?

Mammals have fur or hair, use lungs to breather, ususally give birth to live young, and feed their young with milk make by the mother's body.



What are five traits of birds?

Birds have feathers, two legs, and wings. They have lungs for breathing and bear young that hatch from eggs



Which trait is shared by birds and mammals?

breathe with lungs



What is an amphibians?

an animals that begin life in the water and move onto land as adults



Name three traits of an amphibians

1. lay eggs, 2. beginning life in water and later moving to land, 3. have most skin



Where does a tadpole live?

in the water


Where does an adult frog live?

on land


What body parts do young frogs have that adult frogs do not have?

Yong frogs have gills and tails. The gills disappear when the young amphibians form lungs. the tails disappear at the same time.


What word is used to describe the changes in a frog as it develops?

metamorphosis


Where does a frog lay its eggs?

in the water

How does the way a tadpole breathes differ from the way an adult frog breathes?

A tadpole breathes with gills; an adult frog breathes with lungs.


What happens to the tadpole's tail as the tadpole develops into an adult frog?

It eventually disappears.


What are two traits of fish?

Fish live in water and breathe with gills.

What are three traits of reptiles?

Reptiles are covered with scales, lay eggs on land, and breathe with lungs.



What is the advantage of the reptile eggs having a tough,
leathery shell?

It serves to protect them from things like bad weather, being moved around, or other animals.


What is difference between reptiles and fish?

Reptiles breathe with lungs and most live on land. Fish breathe with gills and always live in the water.



What are three traits of reptiles?

Reptiels are covered with scales, lay eggs on land, and breathe with lungs


What are the three groups of reptiles?

lizards and snakes; alligators and crocodiles; tortoises and turtles



How does a turtle meet its need for shelter?

The turtle has a shell that protects it from enemies.



What do gills do?

Gills take in oxygen for water.



Animals that begin life in water and later live on land are ---.

amphibians



--- have bodies covered with feathers.

Birds



Reptiles and fish have ---.

scales



--- have dry, scaly skin.

Reptiles



Animals that sleep through the winter ---.

hibernate



What do all animals need?

air, food, water, living space (shelter)



Amphibians begin life in the water and more onto land as adults. Two other traits of amphibians are --- and ---.

have smooth, mosit skin; lay eggs



Two traits of reptiles are --- and ---.

lay eggs and have scales



Which kind of animal feeds its young with milk from its body?

mammal



Which kind of animal is a salamander?

amphibian

Animals that have backbones

Vertebrates

Animals that don't have a backbone

Invertebrates

Name and example of Vertebrate

Bird, Mammal

Name example of invertebrate

insect

What are the characteristics of Arachnids?

8 legs, 2 body parts, an exoskeleton (spiders and ticks)

What are the characteristics of mollusks?

soft bodies, usually a shell to protect them (snails, clams and squids)

Name an example of how invertebrates are important?

Bees pollenate flowers


Earthworms help make soil healthhy


Spiders help control the amount of insects by eating them.

what are two types of Arachnids

Spiders and ticks

name two types of insects?

Bees and butterfly

Name two types of mollusks?

snails and clams