Investigating God's World Grade 5 - Chapter 2

Echidnas /ɨˈkɪdnə/, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals.

Echidnas: 

  egg laying mammals

Insectivores

  mammals that eat insects

Nocturnal

  active at night

Herbivores

  plant eating mammals

Vertebrate

  any animal with a spine or backbone

Habitat

  place where an animal prefers to live

Hibernate

  to stay inactive in the winter

Blubber

  layer of fat; keeps sea animals warm

Marsupials

  mammals that have a special pouch where young finish developing

Incisors in a rabbit's teeth

Voles' incisors. Voles often are confused with moles because both animals make tunnels; however, the latter have oversized forefeet, are classified in the Insectivore

 

Incisors

  these keep growing in a rodent

Bubonic Plague

  disease carried by fleas on rats

Domesticated

  tamed animal

Bat

  only flying mammal

Aardvark

  sticky tongue for eating termites

Platypus

  can find underwater insects with my sensitive bill; lays eggs

Shrew

  must eat almost 24 hr a day to stay alive

Mole

  have tiny ears and eyes, large paws; spends most time underground; ruins lawns with it burrows

Rabbit

  has large incisors but is not a rodent; often a pet

Kangaroo

  hopping marsupial from Australia

Characteristic of mammals

  warm-blooded

Characteristic of mammals

1. have backbone
2. produce milk
3. breathe with lungs
4. have hair
5. most have four limbs
6. most give birth to live young

Pelts

  animal skins

Carnivores

  meat eaters

Canines

  scientific name for dogs

Stalk

  sneak up on

Eyeshine

  glow of a cat's eyes in the dark

Purebred

  an animal whose mother and father are the same breed

Instinct

  inherited behavior pattern

Felines

  scientific name for cats

Intelligence

  the ability to learn a behavior

Characteristic of cats

1. retractile front claws
2. whiskers
3. rough toungue
4. padded feet

Chase their prey

  the way a dog hunts

Stalk and Pounce their prey

  the way a cat hunts

Balance of Nature

  God's care for nature by giving it the ability to respond to change

Selective Breeding

  the practice of choosing an animal's parents to get certain characteristics

Fur

  soft, dense hair

Quills

  sharp prickly hairs used for protection

Spines

  harder than quills

Whiskers

  long, facial hairs used for touch

Wool

  very thick, curly hair

Mammary Glands

  milk-producing structures of female mammals

Rodents

  largest group of mammals

Size

  the major difference between a rat and a mouse

Guard Hairs

  gives the dog's coat shape and texture

Tiger

  the longest cat

Lion

  the only cat with a mane

Jaguar

  the largest cat in the Americas

Cheetah

  the fastest land animal on earth

Bobcat

  smaller than a lynx

Sheep

  provide man with wool

Domestic Animals

  animals that have been trained and raised for man's use through many generations

Molars

  back teeth

Scavengers

  animals which et other animals that have already died

Social Animals

  animals that live in groups with others of the same kind

Warmblooded

  designed to maintain a relatively constant body temperature