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Animals
Study Guide
TEST DATE: ________________
Extinct
A species that is gone forever
because all of its kind have
died
In danger of becoming extinct
Endangered
Threatened
On the way to becoming
endangered or extinct
Species
A name that identifies a living
organism
Mammal
Reptile
An animal that has fur or hair,
breathes with lungs, gives live
birth and is fed milk from its
mother
A land animal that has dry skin
covered by scales
Bird
An animal that has feathers,
two legs and wings
Fish
An animal that lives its whole
life in the water and breathes
with gills
Amphibian
An animal that begins life in
the water and moves to the
land as an adult
Gills
A body part found in fish and
young amphibians that takes
oxygen from the water
Scales
The small, thin, flat plates
that help protect the bodies
of fish and reptiles
Cell
The small unit that makes up
all living things
To receive traits from your
parents
Inherit
A body feature that an animal
inherits; it can also be
something that an animal does
Trait
Fossil
Evidence of a plant or animal
that lived on Earth long ago
A behavior an animal knows
how to do without being
taught
Instinct
Hibernate
To enter a deep sleep in which
life activities slow down
Migrate
Mimicry
Camouflage
To travel as a group from one
place to live in another
The imitation by one animal of
another or an object in order
to avoid predators
A natural disguise some
animals have to help them
blend in with their
surroundings
Interact
When plants and animals
affect one another or the
environment to meet their
needs
Food Chain
The path of food from one
living thing to another
Food Web
A model that shows how food
chains overlap
Energy Pyramid
Predator
A diagram that shows that the
amount of useable energy in an
ecosystem is less for each
higher animal in the food chain
An animal that hunts another
animal for food
An animal that is hunted by a
predator
Prey
Producer
A living thing that makes its
own food
Consumer
A living thing that eats other
living things as food
Decomposer
A living thing that breaks
down dead organisms for food
An animal that eats plants
Herbivore
An animal that eats both
plants and animals
Omnivore
Carnivore
An animal that eats other
animals
Be able to:
 Use all the terminology correctly
 Identify the characteristics of each type of animal
and sort examples correctly
 Diagram a food chain
 Identify and explain ways animals have adapted
to their environment
 Explain adaptations omnivores (slated eyes, mix
of teeth), carnivores (eyes in front of head,
sharp/pointed teeth), and herbivores (eyes on side
of head, flat teeth) have made to accommodate
their diet
 Explain how animals and plants are
interdependent on each other (What would
happen to a food chain if you removed an animal?
Why?)