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| animals that are the same temperature as their surroundings |
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| the five ways all invertebrates are alike |
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1. have no backbone
2. have weak muscles
3. are small animals with soft bodies
4. are coldblooded
5. may have skeletons on the outside of their bodies for strength and protection |
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| an earthworm's projections that help protect it from hungry birds |
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| the eight arms of an octopus |
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| changing color to match the surroundings |
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| the tiny holes in an insect's abdomen that it uses to breathe through |
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| the four stages of an insect's metamorphosis |
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1. egg
2. larva
3. pupa
4. adult |
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| the special tube an octopus squeezes water through that helps it jet away |
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| a starfish's special feet |
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| the three ways all insects are alike |
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1. have six legs
2. have 3 body parts
3. have an outer skeleton |
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| the three parts of an insect's body |
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1. head
2. thorax
3. abdomen |
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| an insect's main sense organs |
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| eyes made up of thousands of lenses which work together as one eye |
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| the parts of an insect's head |
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1. antennae
2. eyes
3. mouth |
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| the parts of an insect's thorax |
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| a spiderling spins thread that catches the air and carries the spider away |
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| the parts of an insect's abdomen |
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1. stomach
2. heart
3. spiracles |
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| a harmless animal looking like a harmful one or a harmful animal looking like a harmless one to protect itself |
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| scientists who study the ocean |
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| the tiny floating plants and animals of the sea |
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| one kind of plankton that is made up of tiny green plants |
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| a series of plants and animals, each depending upon the next member in the series for food |
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| an island built by tiny invertebrates |
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| matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid |
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| substances from the earth that are made up of material that was never alive |
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| to break into tiny pieces and become part of a liquid |
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