Animal Notes 1

What do all mollusks have in common?

• Hard Shell

• Spiny Body

• Soft Body

• A well-developed brain

What characteristic do all birds and all mammals have in common?

• Teeth

• Feathers

• Lay eggs

• Endothermic

Although whales and clown fish live in the ocean, whales are classified as mammals and clown fish are fish. What makes whales different from clown fish?

• Clown fish give live birth, whales lay eggs

• Clown fish breathe through gills, whales breathe through lungs.

• Clown fish are invertebrates and whales are vertebrates

• Clown fish are warm blooded while shales are cold blooded

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A chimpanzee and a snake belong to different groups but are alike in come ways. How are they similar?

• They both have backbones (spines)

• The both are warm blooded

• They both have scaly, dry skin.

• They both have live birth and nurse their young.

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Monarch butterflies are toxic to predators so they are fairly safe from being eaten. Viceroy butterflies look very much like a monarch which enable it to be safe from predators as well.

What is this an example of?

• Painful attack

• Mimicry

• Hibernation

• Movement

A lizard looks just like a tree branch. This helps the lizard hide from predators and sneak up on insects as they hunt for food. What is this adaptation?

• courtship

• camouflage

• imprinting

• migrating

Which of these adaptations enables a fish to live its entire life under water?

• backbone

• ectothermic

• gills

• scales

Male peacocks have a train of tail feathers that is bright and beautiful in color. The male peacock spreads his feathers and struts when a female is close by. Why?

• grouping

• food gathering

• mimicry

• courtship

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a hognose snake will play dead by rolling on its back, hanging its tongue out and emitting a foul smell. why?

• The arrvia of a mate

• During playtime as a young snake

• After eating and during digestion

• When threatened by a predator

Baby ducks see their mom as soon as they hatch and follow her everywhere she goes. this behavior is called what?

• Conditioning

• Mimicry

• Imprinting

• Instinct

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