A | B |
Endoskeleton | Skeleton inside |
Anterior | Head side of an animal |
Posterior | Butt side of an animal |
Ventral | Bellyside of an animal |
Dorsal | Back side of an animal |
Annelid | Segmented worm, first organism to have a closed circulatory system |
Amphibian | Like frogs, need to live in water as baby breath air as adult. Eggs are laid in water |
Primates | Monkeys and humans , they have opposable thumbs that allows them to use tools |
Mammals | Humans, whales dogs- have hair feed young milk, take care of young, young born alive, internal fertilization, internal development |
Bilateral symmetry | Humans- can cut into 2 equal halves |
Sessile | An animal that does not move |
Respire | Animal breathing |
Vertebrates | Animals that have a backbone |
Invertebrate | Animals that do not have a backbone |
Blastula | Hollow ball of cells formed during animal development |
Gastrula | Cells start to indent during animal development, when cells start to specialize |
Placental animals | Humans- animals that develop in womb use placenta for nourishment |
Marsupial | Kangaroo – baby develops in a pouch |
Asymmetrical | No balance ( blob) amoeba |
Radial symmetry | Like starfish cut it along any plane into 2 equal halves |
Exoskeleton | Skeleton on the outside – crab |
Symbiosis | Organism living together |
Mutualistic relationship | Both organisms benefit, both happy |
Commensalism | One organism benefits other is neither helped nor harmed, 1 happy other doesn’t care |
Parasitism | On organism lives off another causing harm to the second organism – 1 happy other is sick or dead |
Population | Group of same species living in the same place that can breed and that competing for resources |
Community | Made of several population |
Ecosystem | Made up of several populations |
Habitat | Where an organism lives |
Niche | An organisms job |
Carnivores | Eat only meat |
Omnivore | Eats both plants and meat |
Scavenger | Eats dead organisms |
Decomposers | Break down dead matter |
Herbivore | Eats only plants |
Ecology | Interactions between organism and their environment |
Biosphere | Part of earth that supports live |
Biotic | Living factors of an environment |
Abiotic | Non living factor s of an environment ( air temperature) |