5th Gr Science Unit 3 Flash Cards

a method of asexual reproduction

one-celled animal like protists

used for breathing

only animals that nurse their babies with milk

move with the aid of tail and fins

the study of animals

contain a backbone

insects, worms and mollusks

eat only plants

eat only animals

eat both plants and animals

Scientists classify all living things into how many kingdoms?

Animals differ from plants in their ability to do what in their environments?

All animals species have a life ____________

After the eggs are fertilized, an _________ develops

A ____________ is an animal that lives off other animals

Examples of reptiles are

Some Pacific Ocean Salmon may journey this far to reproduce

A maggot is another name for a

The sperm is produced in the

The amoeba and the ___________ 2 common types of protozoans

Life Cycle Order

How does a common house cat get worms?

True/False?

An octopus is a mollusk that does not have a hard shell

True/False?

Budding produces small projections from one parent which split off to form offspring

True/False?

Embryos must search for their own food outside the egg

True/False?

A nymph looks somewhat like a parent invertebrate but is missing some body parts

True/False?

Of the total one and a half million animals that scientists have names, about one million are insects

True/False?

A spider is an insect

True/False?

Most mammals lay eggs

True/False?

Most adult mammals reproduce for several years

True/False?

Birds are cold-blooded animals

True/False?

An earthworm contains both male and female parts in its body