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An animal with a skull and a backbone is ____________. (invertebrate or vertebrate)
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Vertebrate
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An animal with no backbone is _________. (invertebrate or vertebrate)
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Invertebrate
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A behavior that does not depend on experience is ________. (Innate or Learned)
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Innate
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In the summer, an animal enters a state of reduced activity. The animal is _________. (estivating or hibernating)
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Estivating
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Daily cycles are known as _________. (biological clocks or circadian rhythms)
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Circadian rhythms
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When an egg and a sperm come together, they form _________. (an embryo or an organ)
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An embryo
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Are fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals vertebrate or invertebrate?
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Vertebrate
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What does it mean if an animal is a vertebrate?
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They have a skull and a backbone
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Are sponges and worms vertebrate or invertebrate?
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Invertebrate
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What does it mean if an animal is an invertebrate?
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It does not have a backbone
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Are sponges animals?
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YES
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T or F All animals are multicellular
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TRUE
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T of F animal cells have cell walls
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FALSE
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T or F animal cells are surrounded by cell membranes only
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TRUE
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T or F animal cells are eukaryotic
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TRUE
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T or F ALL animals produce by sexual reproduction
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FALSE! Some (like sponges and see stars reproduce asexually by budding or fragmentation)
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What is the term for an organism in the earliest stage of development?
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Embryo
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Why are humans classified as vertebrates?
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They have a backbone!
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How many sperm does it take to fertilize one egg?
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1
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In a developing animal different kinds of cells arrange themselves to form __________ which are collections of similar cells.
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Tissues
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What type of tissue do muscle cells form?
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Muscle tissue
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What type of tissue do nerve cells form?
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Nerve tissue
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A/An __________ is a combination of two or more tissues. For example your heart, lungs and kidneys
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Organ
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Most animals can _______ from place to place by flying, running, jumping and swimming.
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Move
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T or F All animals make their own food
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FALSE all animals survive by eating other organisms, parts of other organisms or the products of other organisms
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A _____________ is an organism that eats other organisms.
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Consumer
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What 6 characteristics separate animals from plants?
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Animals are consumers, have specialized parts, reproduce sexually, develop from embryos, move and have many cells.
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How are tissues and organs related?
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An organ is a combination of 2 or more tissues
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What characteristics of a chameleon tell you it is an animal?
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It eats another organism (it is a consumer), it has feet and backbone, many specialized parts, it moves.
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T or F all animals eat only plant food
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FALSE
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Animals that eat other animals are known as _________
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Predators
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An animal that is being eaten is known as the ________
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Prey
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What is the difference between innate and learned behavior?
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Innate: You are born with it Learned: You have to experience it
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Some animals use _______ to get dinner. This allows them to obtain the most food using the least amount of energy. (Games, Tools)
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Tools
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To avoid being eaten a rabbit "freezes" so that its natural color blends into a background. Blending in with a background is called________
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Camoflauge
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Chemical weapons are often advertised by the animal's outer covering, which has a bright design called ___________
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Warning coloration
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What type of behavior is in the animal's genes? (innate, learned)
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Innate
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Behavior that doesn't depend on learning or experience is known as __________ behavior.
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Innate
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Is a newborn whale's ability to swim innate or learned? What about a human's ability to swim?
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Whale: INNATE Human: LEARNED
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____________ is behavior that has been learned from experience or from observing other animals?
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Learned behavior
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Is the ability to speak English a learned or innate behavior?
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Learned
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How does the effectiveness of warning coloration for protection depend on learning?
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You know if something is poisonous or smelly by observing it or experiencing it
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__________ is a period of inactivity and decreased body temperature that some animals experience in winter.
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Hibernation
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__________ is a period of reduced activity that some animals experience in the summer when resources are scarce.
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Estivation
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While an animal hibernates what happens to its temperature, heart rate and breathing rate?
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They all drop
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A ___________ is the internal control of natural cycles.
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Biological Clock
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Daily cycles are called ___________ which means "around the day"
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Circadian rhythms
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Most animals wake up at about the same time each day and get sleepy at the same time each night. This is an example of a ________________. (Biological Clock, Circadian rhythm)
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Circadian rhythm
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Seasonal cycles such as when a bear should hibernate or when the birds should fly south for winter are controlled by _____________ (Biological Clock, Circadian Rhythm)
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Biological clock
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How do animals, such as birds flying south for winter, find their way?
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They navigate
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_________ means to find the way from one place to another.
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Navigate
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When people travel to places that are in a different time zone, they frequently suffer from ___________
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Jet Lag
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Why do animals migrate?
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So they can get food and shelter
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What are three methods animals use to navigate?
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Mental maps, landmarks and using the Earth's magnetic field, position of sun and stars
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___________ are fixed objects that an animal uses to find its way
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Landmarks
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How are hibernation and estivation similar?
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They are both times when the animals activity is reduced because of scarce resources
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How are hibernation and estivation different?
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Hibernation is in the winter and estivation is in the summer
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__________ behavior is the interaction between animals of the same species
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Social behavior
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In _____________ a signal must travel from one animal to another, and the receiver of the signal must respond in some way.
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Communication
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_____________ helps animals live together, find food, avoid enemies, and protect their homes. (communication, social behavior)
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Communication
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Many animals defend a __________, an area that is occupied by one animal or a group of animals and that other member of the species are excluded from.
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Territory
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Many species, such as wolves us a ___________ for mating, finding food, and raising young.
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Territory
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What are some ways that animals communicate?
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Smell, sound, vision and touch
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___________ is a special behavior by animals of the same species that leads to mating.
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Courtship
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Even single-celled organisms communicate with one another by means of chemicals. In animals, these chemicals are called ____________.
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Pheromones
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Many animals, including vertebrates, use _________ to attract or influence members of the opposite sex.
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Pheromones
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When we wink at a friend or frown at an opponent, we are communicating with ________________.
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Body Language
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What are some benefits of living in a group?
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Help finding food and Protection (groups can defend better and alert others to danger)
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What are some of the downsides to living in a group?
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Attract predators, need more food, compete with each other for food and mates, give each other diseases
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Scientists have discovered pheromones in humans. Name three other types of animal communication used by humans.
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Sound, body language, touch
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Why is communication important? Name three reasons.
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Helps animals live together, find food, avoid enemies and protect their homes
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What are 2 things animals use to protect themselves against predators?
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Camoflauge and chemicals
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Communication must include 2 things. What are they?
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A signal and a response
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Which characteristic is not true of animals? A. They are multicellular B. They usually reproduce sexually C. They make their own food D. They have tissues
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C. They DO NOT make their own food
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Living in groups A. Attracts predators B. Helps prey spot predators C. Helps animals find food D. All of the above
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D. All of the above
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Warning coloration is A. A kind of camouflage B. A way to warn predators away C. Always black and white D. Always a sign that an animal is poisonous to eat.
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B. A way to warn predators away
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Some birds use Earth's magnetic field A. to attract mates B. to navigate C. to set their biological clocks D. to defend their territory
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B. To navigate
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To defend against predators, an animal might use A. Camoflauge B. Warning colors C. toxins D. All of the above
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D. All of the above
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How are pheromones used in communication?
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They are smells that animals release into the air to alert others of their species to danger or attract members of the opposite sex
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What is a territory?
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An area that is occupied by one animal or a group of animals and that other member of the species are excluded from.
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What do migration and hibernation have in common?
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They are ways that animals deal with shortages of food and water
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THINK: If you smell a skunk while riding in a car and you shut the car window, has the skink communicated with you? Explain
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THINK: Flying is an innate behavior in birds. Is it an innate behavior or a learned behavior in humans? Why?
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THINK: Ants depend on pheromones and touch for communication, but birds depend more on sight and sound. Why might these two types of animals communicate differently?
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THINK: What landmarks help you navigate your way home from school?
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