Animals Test Flashcards
(39 cards)
What is taxonomy?
The Classification Of Animals
What is detritus?
Dead Decaying organic material
What is a decomposer?
An Animal that breaks down wastes and dead organisms and then returns them to the ecosystem.
What is an omnivore?
Herbivore and Omnivore
What is benthos
Organisms living at the bottom of the ocean.
What is medusa?
What is an herbivore?
only eats plants
What is a parisite?
an organism that feeds off a host’s intestines.
What is a sessile?
Stuck In place
What is a polyp?
What is a carnivore?
only eats animals
What is a hermaphrodite?
Produces Both Sperm And Egg
What is a producer?
An organism that makes its food.
What is a scavenger?
Carnivore feeds on Dead organisms.
What is a vertebrate?
An animal with a Backbone
What is the science of animal classification?
Taxonomy
What is the broadest category?
Kingdom
Sexual Reproduction?
2 parents
Asexual Reproduction?
1 parent. A clone.
How much % is passed on from animal to animal
10% Because they use most of it during their lifetime.
Phylum of spiders, crabs
Arthropods
What is the Driving force of food chains?
Sun
What Phylum are Earthworms in?
Annelid
What Phylum Are Spiders In?
Arthropod