PH ANIMALS: 1.1/1.2 VOCAB

An animal that has no backbone.

A gecko's skin color change gene.

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A kangaroo's pouch

A hippo's layer of fat

Line symmetry; the quality of being divisible into halves that are mirror images.

cells of most animals are organized into higher levels of structure, from least to most complex

The process by which a new organism develops from the joining of two sex cells.

A group of similar cells that perform a specific function.

The process by which a single organism produces a new organism identical to itself.

An animal that has a backbone.

Cloning

The joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell.

correspondence in size, shape, & position of parts on opposite sides of a center line or axis

A snake's venom helps it

A female turtle can lay many eggs each time it becomes pregnant.

A human's opposable thumb.

The basic unit of structure and function in living things.

A structure that is composed of different kinds of tissue.

A polar bear's thick white fur

4 basic functions of animals? 

One of about 35 major groups into which biologists classify members of the animal kingdom.

The quality of having many lines of symmetry that all pass through a central point.

Fertilization

Bees pollinating flowers

A characteristic that helps an organism survive or reproduce in its environment.

A whale's collapse-able rib cage

Cell Division

A bird's feathers