Animal Kingdom

Question 1

What do animals feed on?

Answer 1

Plants

Question 2

What depend on other living things in the environment for food?

Answer 2

Animals

Question 3

They have ___________ that allow them to eat particular kinds of food.

Answer 3

adaptations

Question 4

They usually move to meet their basic _____, _______, and _________.

Answer 4

needs; survive; reproduce

Question 5

What moves freely from place to place throughout their lives?

Answer 5

Animals

Question 6

They cannot directly use the ________, ____, and _____________ in food.

Answer 6

proteins; fats; carbohydrates

Question 7

What are multicellular living things?

Answer 7

Animals

Question 8

Different cells carry out different functions such as _________ of food, ____________, and ___________ of wastes.

Answer 8

digestion; reproductions; elimination

Question 9

Each of their cells has a nucleus and organelles. What are their cells?

Answer 9

Eukaryotic

Question 10

How many scientists have identified and named?

Answer 10

One million species

Question 11

How many groups did the scientists classify?

Answer 11

35

Question 12

What is the 35 major groups called?

Answer 12

Phyla

Question 13

What is an animal with a backbone?

Answer 13

Vertebrate

Question 14

What is an animal without a backbone?

Answer 14

Invertebrate

Question 15

How much are all the animal species that are invertebrates?

Answer 15

97%

Question 16

The body of an animal usually follows a certain symmetry. Some animals have ______ ________–body parts are arranged in a circle around a central point–the way spokes are arranged around the hub on a bicycle wheel.

Answer 16

radial symmetry

Question 17

What are the animals with this body plan?

Answer 17

Starfishes, jellyfishes, and sand dollars

Question 18

The bodies of most animals are characterized by _________ ________. This means that their body parts are arranged in the same way on both sides.

Answer 18

bilateral symmetry

Question 19

Where did the term bilateral derive from?

Answer 19

It’s from the Latin word for “two sides.”

Question 20

What can be divided into right and left halves?

Answer 20

The body of a bilateral animal

Question 21

An animal body that follows bilateral symmetry has a definite front, or ________ ___, and a definite back or _________ ___. The upperside of an animal is its ______ ____; the lower side is its _______ ____.

Answer 21

anterior end; posterior end; dorsal side; ventral side