Transcript Vet Science Game

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I’ve Got You
Covered
Feed Me!
Is there a
doctor in the
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The Eyes
Have It
Have a
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Walk the
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This type of skin covering
can be found on both fish
and reptiles.
What are scales?
The type of covering found
on birds.
What are feathers?
Skin, feathers, scales and
fur all provide this to
animals.
What is physical
protection?
Methods animals use that
allow them to blend into
their environment to avoid
being seen by predators or
prey.
What is camouflage?
The process of shedding
and replacing parts or all of
one’s coat or outer
covering.
What is molting?
An organ of the body that
allows an animal to see.
What is an eye?
A part of an animal’s
nervous system that
includes the senses of sight,
smell, hearing, taste and
touch.
What is the sensory system?
The dark part of the center
of the eye where light
enters.
What is the pupil?
Making something narrower.
What is constriction?
Making something bigger or
wider or stretching it.
What is dilation?
An organ the pumps blood
throughout the body.
What is the heart?
The number of times the
heart beats in a certain
amount of time.
What is a heart rate?
Regular expansion and
contraction of the artery
caused by the heart pumping
blood through the body.
What is a pulse?
An instrument used for
listening to breathing,
heartbeats and other sounds
made by the body.
What is a stethoscope?
The upper chambers of the
heart.
What are the right and left
atrium?
The shortening of muscle
tissue that allows movement
of body parts.
What is muscle contraction?
A form of land animal
locomotion using two legs.
What is bipedal locomotion?
A type of movement that is
typical of a snake, curving in
an “S” shape.
What is serpentine
locomotion?
The act of bending a joint or
limb by the action of flexor
muscles.
What is flexion?
The straightening or
extending of a limb of the
body by the action of
extensor muscles.
What is muscle extension?
The taking of food into the
body.
What is ingestion?
The discharging of waste
matter from the body.
What is excretion?
The process in which
ingested food is broken
down in the body and
converted to substances
that the body can absorb.
What is digestion?
The uptake of substances
by tissues in the body.
What is absorption?
To move substances from
one place to another via
the blood.
What is transport?
A type of germ that causes
diseases. Rabies is an
example.
What is a virus?
An organism that lives and
feeds off organic material
such as bread, wood and
other animals. Ringworm is
an example of this organism.
What is fungus?
An organism that receives
food and energy from
another organism. Fleas,
ticks and tapeworms are
examples.
What is a parasite?
A local reaction of tissue to
irritation that causes pain
and swelling.
What is inflammation?
A disease that affects an
animal that can also be
passed to humans.
What is a zoonotic
disease?