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44 Cards in this Set
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one of a kind |
unique |
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a scientist who studies living things |
biologist |
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a wide range of unique features in a group |
diversity |
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an organism that lives in or on another organism, obtaining material from it and harming it |
parasite |
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a change in shape or form of an animal that happens as it develops |
metamorphosis |
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to find the way from one place to another |
navigate |
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a method used to locate objects or navigate by sending out and receiving sounds |
echolocation |
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to grow and to reproduce |
thrive |
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no longer existing |
extinct |
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a species that is nearly extinct |
endangered species |
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the physical remains or imprint of an organism that lived in the distant past |
fossil |
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True or False Animals can have many common characteristics and still be very diverse |
True |
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True or False Organism can show diversity within their species |
True |
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True or False A unique body type is one of the most important ways that living things show diversity. |
True |
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In just the animal kingdom alone, classifying according to body type will produce how many different groups? |
30 |
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True or False Within every class of animals, there are no significant differences? |
False |
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True or False Mammals with the same number of body parts often have different kinds of body parts? |
True |
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How many major body parts do most mammals have, not including the tail? |
4 |
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How many major body parts do whales, dolphins, and manatees have? |
3 |
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True or False Many of the mammals with four major body parts have different front and back body parts. |
True |
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True or False Each new feature of and animal creates a new level of diversity. |
True |
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True or False All animals obtain materials (feed) in the same way? |
False |
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What do carnivores eat? |
Other animals |
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What do herbivores eat? |
Plants |
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What do omnivores eat? |
Both plants and animals |
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True or False A few animals and some plants feed off the waste of other animals. |
True |
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True or False Organisms that obtain the same material always obtain them in the same way? |
False |
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How do most animals obtain food? |
With their mouths |
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How do files and sponges obtain food? |
They have unique body parts for obtaining food |
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How do plants obtain food? |
They use chlorophyll to make food in their leaves |
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How do bloodsuckers obtain nutrients? |
From the blood of other animals |
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True or False All animals grow and reproduce in the same way? |
False |
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Name organisms develop by completely changing same and forms as they develop. |
Butterfly Larvae |
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How long does it take and opossum to develop? |
13 days |
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How long does it take an elephant to develop? |
640 days |
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True or False Animals sense what is happening inside and outside of their bodies. |
True |
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True or False Animals use their five sense to react to stimuli |
True |
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True or False Plants use their five senses to react to stimuli |
False (plant do not have 5 senses) |
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True or False A species is designed with the features it needs to survive in its habitat |
True |
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True or False There are some animals that have difficulty surviving in their natural habitat because of changes in their habitat. |
True |
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When an animal's habitat is destroyed who is usually responsible for destroying it? |
Humans |
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How can scientists learn about an extinct species? |
by studying it's fossil |
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How do scientists determine the way that extinct species obtained food, developed, and reproduced? |
By comparing fossils to previously found fossils and the skeletons of living species. |
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Name ways that living things show diversity: |
1. unique body type 2. the way they obtain food 3. the way they develop 4. the way they react to stimuli 5. they way the survive in their unique habitat |
