Characteristics of Animals

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Characteristics of Animals
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Characteristics of animals

• All animals are Eukaryotic, have a true nucleus
• All animals are Heterotrophs Get their energy by
  eating other organisms.
• All animals must digest their food to get energy
  from it

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Characteristics of Animals

• Animals are multicellular with many different
  specialized cells
• Most animals move in order to
• Find food
• Find Shelter
• Escape predators
• Find mates

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Characteristics of Animals

• All animals can reproduce sexually. Some also
  reproduce asexually.

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Different animals get energy in different ways

• Herbivore means that an animal eats only plants.
• Carnivore means that an animal eats only meat
  (other animals).
• Omnivore means the animal eats both plants and
  animals

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Animals have adaptations

• Adaptations variations that make an organism
  better suited to its environment

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Prey Adaptations

• Camouflage coloring that matches the animals
  background, so that it cant be easily seen
• Mimicry The animal looks like another organism
  that is more dangerous or poisonous.

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Prey Adaptations

• Spines can hurt a predator and allow time for
  the animal to escape.
• Behavioral Adaptations
• Speed allows the prey to outrun its predators.
• Scents deters a predator that gets too close

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Prey adaptations

• Travelling in groups safety in numbers
• Ex. Zebras and Musk Oxen

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Predator Adaptations

• Speed and Camouflage

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Animals are classified into two main groups

• Invertebrates animals that dont have a backbone
• Vertebrates Animals that have a backbone.

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They are also classified based on their Symmetry

• Symmetery The arrangement of the body parts on
  an organism.
• Radial Symmetry body parts are arranged in a
  circular pattern.
• Bilateral symmetry The body is the same on both
  sides, it is a mirror image.
• Asymmetry Displays no symmetry