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VCJH Science 7 Lesson 5 Animals Flashcards

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vertebrate

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animal WITH a backbone

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invertebrate

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Animal WITHOUT a backbone

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exoskeleton

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hard,external covering that protects the body

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endoskeleton

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internal skeleton that support the body - human

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What are the two main functions of the muscular system?

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Move the body and move material through the body (blood, food and liquids).

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What are the three types of muscles? Describe each type.

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Smooth - found in organs and blood vessels. Helps materials move through the body.
Cardiac - makes up your heart and never tires
Skeletal - allows you to move. Attached to bones. Flexor and extensor

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organs

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structures that do specific jobs for the system

Example - heart is an organ in the circulatory system

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muscular system

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groups of muscles that allow you to move and that move materials inside your body

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skeletal system

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Bones, cartilage, and the ligaments that hold bones together

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respiratory system. Name organs in it.

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brings oxygen into the lungs and gets rid of carbon dioxide.

lungs, trachea, and nose

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circulatory system

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Two parts of the circulatory system. Describe their function.

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Cardiovascular -

Lymphatic -

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Digestive system

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breaks down the food you eat

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Nervous

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excretory system

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endocrine system

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integumentary system

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List six characteristics most animals have in common.

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1- Many cells Multi-cellular
2 - Specialized parts. Differentiation.
3 - Movement
4 - Reproduce Usually sexually.
5 - Consume food
6 - Maintain body temperature Birds and mammals do this with chemical energy. Other animals rely on their environment.

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esophagus

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What are the levels of organization within an organism?

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Cell - Tissue - Organ - System

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Define these as tissue, organ or system

kidney bone brain circulatory digestive ear endocrine excretory heart lungs

muscle nerve nose respiratory muscular skin skeletal nervous stomach tongue

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kidney bone brain circulatory digestive ear endocrine excretory heart lungs
O T O S S O S S O O

muscle nerve nose respiratory muscular skin skeletal nervous stomach tongue
T T O S S T S S O O

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Define Cell
Tissue
Organ
System

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What system are the heart, arteries, and veins in?

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Circulatory

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What system helps fight diseases with special blood cells?

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Circulatory

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What system brings supplies, such as food and oxygen, to cells?

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Circulatory

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What system picks up waste, such as carbon dioxide, from cells and delivers them to the lungs?
Circulatory
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Which system helps the body move, walk, run, and stretch?
Muscular
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Which system helps move blood through the body, push food down the esophagus, and help the stomach crush food into smaller pieces?
Muscular
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Which system do the stomach, heart, biceps, and triceps belong to?
muscular
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Which system takes food into the body and breaks it down into smaller pieces?
Digestive
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Which system places nutrients into the blood stream, which then carries them to all of the body's cells?
Digestive
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Which system are the stomach, esophagus and intestines belong to?
Digestive
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Which system takes oxygen into the lungs and place it into the blood stream?
Respiratory
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Which system removes carbon dioxide from the body?
Respiratory
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Which system do the lungs, trachea, nose and mouth belong to?
Respiratory
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Which system protects the body's internal organs and produces red and white blood cells?
Skeletal
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Which system gives the body shape and works with the muscles to help the body move, jump, and stand.
skeletal
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Which system do the skull, femur, vertebrae, and rib cage belong to?
Skeletal
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Which system's job is to help the body sense its environment and control all of the other systems in the body?
Nervous
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Which system uses reflexes to prevent bodily injury?
Nervous
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Which system includes the brain, spinal cord and nerves?
Nervous
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What is made up of several types of organs that help the body perform different jobs?
Organ system
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Which system allows the body to move?
Muscular
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Which system breaks down food and absorbs nutrients?
Digestive
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Which system helps protect the body from disease and infection?
Immune
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Which system controls the body's functions and senses the environment outside the body?
Nervous
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Which system takes oxygen into the body and releases carbon dioxide?
Respiratory
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Which system supports the body and protects its internal organs?
Skeletal
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Which system uses blood to bring nutrients and oxygen to cells of the body?
Circulatory
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Which system removes wastes?
Excretory
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Are animals consumers or producers?
Consumers because they consume food.
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Sponges are classified as animals T/F?
True
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Are birds more closely related to mammals or reptiles?
Reptiles
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What is a consumer?
An animal that eats other organism, or parts of organisms, to get energy. Animals cannot produce their own food, so they are consumers.
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Name the three types of body plans for animals
Asymmetrical Radial symmetry Bilateral symmetry
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Is an animal with an exoskeleton an invertebrate or vertebrate?
Invertebrate.
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Would an animal with an endoskeleton be classified as an invertebrate or vertebrate?
vertebrate
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Name five types of vertebrates
Reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and fish.
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An animal with two identical sides has ____________ symmetry.
Bilateral
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A skeleton that is inside the body and attaches to muscle is call a(an) ____________.
Endoskeleton
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The hard external covering of some invertebrates is called an _________________
Exoskeleton
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What are the four necessities of life?
Food, water, air and shelter
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What are two unique characteristics shared by all birds?
Hollow bones, lay eggs, have wings and feathers. Most can fly but some are flightless.
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Name characteristics shared by all mammals
Hair, jaw, three middle-air bones, and produce milk. Some lay eggs, others have young in pouches, and others give birth.
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Your muscles provide a framework that supports and protects your body T/F?
False
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When you breathe in and out, you're using your lungs and respiratory system T/F
True
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Your _____________ system gets rid of wastes from your body.
excretory
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When you eat food, it enters your _________ system.
Digestive
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The ____________ system is made up of bones, ligaments, and cartilage.
Skeletal
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Which system makes chemical messages that regulate conditions inside the body?
Endocrine It also influences growth and development.
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How do body system communicate with each other? What systems are involved?
Either electrical (nervous) or chemical (endocrine) messages.
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The long, thin cells of the _____________ system help transmit electrical messages around the body.
Nervous
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_______________ maintains stable conditions inside the body.
Homeostasis
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Which body system receives information from inside and outside the body and responds to that information?
Nervous
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The skeletal/muscular system in responsible for supporting the body
Skeletal
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Bones are part of your skeletal/muscular system
skeletal
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Your heart is made up of bone/muscle tissue
muscle
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You can increase flexibility by stretching your bones/muscles
muscles
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Ligaments/tendons are found at the end of bones
Ligaments
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Tendons/ligaments connect muscles to bones
Tendons
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__________ bones protect your heart and lung organs.
Rib
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The femur, fibula patella, and tibia are all arm/leg bones
leg
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______________ bones protect your spinal column nerves
Vertebrae
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The humerous, ulna and radius are all leg/arm bones
arm
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Bones contain what mineral?
calcium
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__________ allows bones to slide easily over each other and is found on the ends of bones.
Cartilage
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Name three types of joints
Ball and socket, hinge, and gliding joints. | Shoulder knee wrist/ankle
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The three main parts of the skeletal system are bones, ___________ and ____________.
tendons & ligaments
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The shoulder is an example of a ___________ joint.
Ball and socket
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The ankle & wrist are examples of ___________ joints.
Glide
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The knee is an example of a ______________ joint.
hinge
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A ____________ is a place where two or more bones connect.
joint
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What is the name of tough strands of tissue that connect muscles to bones?
Tendon
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What is a type of tough, flexible connective tissue that holds bones together called?
ligament

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