Tuesday, December 7, 2010

What is an Animal?

What are the characteristics of an animal cell?
  • Animal cells differentiate and carry out different functions
  • Animals have specialized cells.

What are the characteristics that all animals share?
  • All animals are eukaryotes (contain membrane-bound organelles).
  • All animals are heterotrophic.
  • All animals are multi-cellular.
  • Animals obtain food.
  • Animals digest food.

What are invertebrates? An invertebrate is an animal that does not have a backbone.
  • Many invertebrates have exoskeletons (a hard covering on the outside of the body that provides support) include crabs, spiders, grasshoppers, dragonflies and beetles.
  • Invertebrates such as sea urchins and sea stars have an endoskeleton (internal skeleton).     

    What are vertebrates? A vertebrate is an animal with an endoskeleton and backbone. Examples: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
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