Lms Life Science Animal Vocab

Front 1

bilateral symmetry

Back 1

body parts arranged in a similar way on both sides of the body with each half being a mirror image of the other.

Front 2

radial symmetry

Back 2

body parts arranged in a circle around a central point.

Front 3

carnivore

Back 3

animal that eats only animals or the remains of other animals.

Front 4

herbivore

Back 4

animal that eats only plants or parts of plants.

Front 5

omnivore

Back 5

animal that eats plants and animals or animal flesh.

Front 6

vertebrate

Back 6

animal with a backbone

Front 7

invertebrate

Back 7

animal without a backbone.

Front 8

exoskeleton

Back 8

thick, hard outer covering that protects and supports arthropod bodies and provides places for muscles to attach.

Front 9

endoskeleton

Back 9

supportive framework of bone and/or cartilage that provides an internal framework for muscle attachment and protects an invertebrate's internal organs

Front 10

metamorphosis

Back 10

process in which many insect species change their body form to become adults; can be complete (egg, larvae, pupae, adult) or incomplete (egg, nymph, adult).

Front 11

hibernation

Back 11

cyclic response of inactivity andslowed metabolism that occurs during periods of cold temperatures and limited food supplies.

Front 12

mammal

Back 12

endothermic invertebrates that have hair, teeth specialized for eating certain foods, and whose females have mammary glands that produce milk for feeding their young.