Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz

An animal that has a backbone.

• invertebrate

• vertebrate

• carnivore

• arthropod

An animal that does NOT have a backbone.

• invertebrate

• vertebrate

• omnivore

• herbivore

A skeleton inside an organism's body.

• endoskeleton

• exoskeleton

• invertebrate

• carnivore

An organism that has a skeleton outside it's body.

• endoskeleton

• exoskeleton

• vertebrate

• herbivore

Parts of an organism's body physical features such as teeth, legs, wing, beaks, claws and eyes.

• function

• adaptations

• shape

• structures

Any structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment. Structural adaptations are inherited

• process

• adaptation

• function

• structures

A continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner or order.

• structure

• adaptation

• function

• process

An animal whose body temperature is determined by the temperature of its environment or surroundings. Also called cold blooded, fish, amphibians, reptiles.

• ectotherrm

• endotherm

• vertebrate

• exoskeleton

The special purpose or activity for which a thing exists or is used- in an animal, legs to allow an animal to run.

• process

• adaptations

• functions

• structures

An animal whose body temperature is regulated by the internal heat the animal produces. Also called warm blooded, birds and mammals.

• ectotherm

• endotherm

• invertebrate

• homeostasis