Homework:
4/29/15 - Copy vocabulary words in NB. Study words for weekly quiz.
1. fish - a limbless
cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins and living wholly in water.:
"the sea is thick with fish".
2. amphibians - a
cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads,
newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an aquatic
gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically) by a terrestrial
lung-breathing adult stage
3. reptile - a
cold-blooded vertebrate of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles,
turtles, and tortoises. They are distinguished by having a dry scaly skin, and
typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land.
4. invertebrates -
an animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusk, annelid,
coelenterate, etc.
5. vertebrates -
an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone
or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
6. bird - a
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate distinguished by the possession of feathers,
wings, and a beak and (typically) by being able to fly.
7. mammal - a
warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the
possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment
of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young.
8. mimicry - the close
external resemblance of an animal or plant (or part of one) to another animal,
plant, or inanimate object.
9. camouflage
- hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means
of camouflage
10. protective
coloration - an animal that enables it to blend with its surroundings and
therefore escape the attention of predators
