BJU Science 6 Chapter 5

Question 1

An organism that lives on or in another organism and takes nourishment from that organism

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Parasite

Question 2

A fatty substance in some animals’ bodies that insulates them in the cold

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Blubber

Question 3

An arthropod that has three segments, 3 pairs of legs on the thorax, and 2 pairs of wings

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Insect

Question 4

A hard covering that acts like a knight’s armor

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Exoskeleton

Question 5

A bonelike substance that is softer and more bendable than bone

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Cartilage

Question 6

A term used to describe a group of whales living together

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Pod

Question 7

Making high frequency clicks that bounce off objects

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Echolocation

Question 8

A term describing an animal whose body temperature changes depending on its surroundings

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Cold Blooded

Question 9

An animal with a backbone

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Vertebrate

Question 10

Animals that have a consistent internal temperature regardless of the environmentally

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Warm Blooded

Question 11

An organism that is independent

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Free living

Question 12

A term that describes organisms that are active at night and sleep during the day

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Nocturnal

Question 13

To shed an exoskeleton

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Molt

Question 14

The phylum of animals that have jointed legs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton

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Arthropod

Question 15

When an object or animal can be split down the center into equal parts; mirror image

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Bilateral symmetry

Question 16

An invertebrate that has a soft body and a mantle

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Mollusk

Question 17

The pattern on some animals where body parts repeat around the central part

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Radial symmetry

Question 18

A tiny organelle found on some animals, such as jellyfish, that delivers a powerful sting

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Nematocyst

Question 19

A type of arthropod that breathes through gills and has jointed legs and 2 antennae

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Crustacean

Question 20

They eat whatever floats through the water

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Filter feeders

Question 21

A thin, glassy spine of a glass sponge

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Spicule

Question 22

An animal without a backbone

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Invertebrate

Question 23

A cold-blooded vertebrae that lives part of its life in water and part of it on land

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Amphibian

Question 24

A term used to describe a group of lions living together

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Pride

Question 25

A type of arthropod that breathes through gills and has jointed legs and 2 antennae

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Crustacean

BJU Science 6 Chapter 5

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BJU Science 6 Chapter 5

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