Topic 1: Animals Study Guide
Name: __________________________________
Date: ___________
1. List the 5 characteristics that all animals share.
a. ___________________________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________________________________
e. ___________________________________________________________________________
2. Explain the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates and give an
example of each. ____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3. Name the 3 types of symmetry and name an animal that has each type.
Symmetry
1.
2.
3.
Example
4. Answer the questions using the food chain below.
a. Which organism is the producer? ___________________________________________
b. What is the human in this food chain? ______________________________________
c. Which organism is the decomposer? _______________________________________
d. Which organism gives nutrients to the cow? ________________________________
e. Which organism is the primary consumer? __________________________________
f. What 3 things does the producer use to carry out photosynthesis?
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
5. The terms in the Word Bank below are all parts of the food chain. Fill in the
blanks below to explain the process of a food chain.
Water
Decomposers
Producers
Primary
Sun
Secondary
Nutrients
Food web
Energy from the ___________________________, ____________________________, and
__________________________________ are used by ______________________________
to carry out photosynthesis and make food. The organisms that eat the plants
are called ____________________________ consumers. ___________________________
consumers get energy by eating the primary consumers. After organisms die,
__________________________________ like fungi and bacteria break down the
remains into chemicals. These chemicals are absorbed by the soil and used by
producers as nutrients to make more food. Combined food chains form a
___________________________________.