Animal Quiz

learned behaviors

actions and reactions that an animal learns itself usually from its parents

invertebrate

an animal without a backbone

ecosystem

an environment with living and non-living things

vertebrate

animal with lungs and backbone

amphibians

vertebrates that live in water and on land, smooth skin covers body, lay eggs, cold blooded

exoskeleton

A waxy, waterproof outer shell or outer skeleton that protects the animal and helps prevent evaporation of water.

bird

An endothermic vertebrate that is covered in feathers, breathes through lungs and lays hard-shelled eggs.

fish

An vertebrate that breathes through gills and lives in water.

reptile

Animals that have dry, scaly skin.

mammals

Animals that have hair and produce milk for their young

inherited behaviors

a behavior that an organism is born knowing how to perform

5 vertebrate groups

bird, reptile, fish, mammal and amphibians

inherited traits

traits that are passed from parents to their offspring