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Animal Life Test - Chapter 9
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6th Grade
05/19/2008

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What do organisms need in order to carry out thier life processes?
Definition

Energy. Energy can be most likely found in food.

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Are Humans a type of Animal?

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Yes
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Can Animals make thier own food?
Definition
No
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Are plants producers or consumers?
Definition
Producers
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What do plants use in order to make thier own food?
Definition
Water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight
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Birds have parts of them that are adapted for obtaining food. What are these parts?

Definition
Unique body parts
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What does the term "Eagle Eyed" mean?
Definition
Eagle eyed means that you have a very developed sense of sight.
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What are the three most important sense factors that a human needs to stay alive?
Definition
Sight, Smell, and Hearing
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How do animals digest food?
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A: Food enters the mouth.

 

B: Food passes through a series of organs in the digestive system. Enzymes in the stomach and small intestine break the food down chemically. The digested food is absorbed and used throughout the body.

 

C: Undigested materials are expelled as waste through the anus.

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How many openings do animals have? What are they?

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Animals have 2 openings, the mouth and the anus.
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What does the word invertabrate mean?
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An animal that doesn't have a backbone.

Example are worms, clams, jellyfish, flies, and spiders.

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Vertabrate
Definition

An animal that has a backbone.

Examples are frogs, lizards, rabbits, and birds.

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There is a group that the Vertabrates belong to. What is the name of that group?
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Chordates
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Chordates
Definition

An animal that has a hollow nerve cord and gill-like openings sometime in thier life

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Endoskeleton
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A skeleton that is within an animals body.

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Exoskeleton
Definition

A support system on the outside of the body.

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