What Makes an Animal an Animal?

A quality or distinctive trait that an animal has is called ___________.

• adapt

• chordate

• trait

• order

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___________ means to change in order to survive in the environment in which an animal lives.

• vertebrates

• adapt

• kingdom

• species

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(a)   are animals that have a spinal cord.

Animals with a backbone are _____________.

• vertebrates

• orders

• invertebrates

• dinosaurs

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What are the types of adaptations in animals? Choose all the correct answers. There is more than one correct answer.

• The trunk of an elephant

• The spots of a leopard

• The color of a bird

• The coat of a horse

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What helps animals blend in with their environment?

• fur

• class

• gender

• camouflage

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Scientists use _____________ to show how animals are similar.

• traits

• classification

• kingdoms

• camouflage

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An animal without a backbone is an ______________

• chordate

• exoskeleton

• invertebrate

• vertebrate

A hard shell on the outside of the body of most insects is an (a)  

An (a)   is an invertebrate with jointed legs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton.

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