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Animal Diversity - Chapter 3 Study Guide



Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
 

 1. 

Similar cells that have the same job or function come together to make a(n) _________________________.
 

 

 2. 

To produce hearty crops farmers may use _________________________________.     
 

 

 3. 

An animal that has a backbone is a(n) ________________________________.
 

 

 4. 

Scientists divide all animals into two main groups based on the presence or absence of a(n) ____________________________.
 

 

 5. 

An adaptation that allows an animal to look like its surroundings is called ___________________________.
 

 

 6. 

Animals that feed milk to their young are classified as ____________________________.
 

 

 7. 

An adaptation that allows an animal to look like something else is called __________________.
 

 

 8. 

A duck’s webbed feet are an example of a(n) ______________________ ______________.
 

 

 9. 

A group of organs that work together is a(n) __________________ __________________.
 

 

 10. 

An animal that doesn’t have a backbone is a(n) ____________________________.
 

 

 11. 

A dog that goes to the door when its owner picks up its leash is demonstrating a(n) ________________ __________________.
 

 

 12. 

The passing of inherited traits from parents to offspring is called ________________________.
 

 

 13. 

An animal that breathes through lungs, has scales on its skin, and has leathery eggs is a(n) __________________.
 

 

 14. 

A group of tissues that work together is called a(n) __________________.
 

 

 15. 

One of the simplest kinds of animals is a(n) ______________________.
 

 

 16. 

A word that means “different” is _____________________________.
 

 

 17. 

A bird’s nest-building behavior is an example of a(n) _______________________ _________________________.
 

 

 18. 

A living thing that has parents that are quite different from each other is called a(n) _________________.
 

 

 19. 

Organisms that make up the largest group of animals on Earth are ______________________.
 

 

 20. 

A bat’s mouth, stomach, and intestines make up its digestive ______________________.
 

 

Other
 

 21. 

Word Bank:  invertebrate, vertebrate, tissue, arthropods, heredity, camouflage, sponge, diversity, organ system, mimicry, crossbreeding, inherited behavior, reptile, learned behavior, backbone, mammals, organ, system, hybrid, inherited trait
 



 
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