Biology terminology - Statistics

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What is the name for an animal that eats other animals? Carnivore
93%
What is the name for an animal that doesn't have a backbone? Invertebrate
82%
What type of blood vessels carry blood away from the heart? Arteries
74%
The name of what type of animal means 'Both ways of life'? (Hint: they can live in both on land and in water). Amphibian
72%
Many animals produce poison, but what is the name for poison that an animal specifically injects into another through biting or stinging? Venom
62%
What is the word for when one species benefits at the expense of another species, without killing it? Parasitism
57%
What is the name for an organism that is both male and female? Hermaphrodite
50%
Not all microorganisms are bad, some are even beneficial, but what is the name for a microbe that specifically causes disease? Pathogen
46%
'Erythrocyte' is the proper word for what? Red blood cell
42%
What is the opposite of 'ventral'? Dorsal
35%
What is the word for an organism that can produce its own energy (such as from light or chemicals)? Autotroph
32%
What is the name of an animal that does not cause disease itself but transmits disease causing microbes? Vector
31%
What is the word for an organism that has to obtain its energy from elsewhere? Heterotroph
28%
What word describes an organism that prefer high temperatures? Thermophile
25%
What type of mollusc are slugs and snails? (Hint: the name literally means 'Stomach foot'). Gastropod
18%
What word describes animals that lay eggs? Oviparous
15%
What word describes animals that give birth to live young? Viviparous
14%
What word describes organisms that live on dead or decomposed matter? Saprophytic
9%
What are the wing-like lobes on the end of a whale's tail called? Flukes
8%
What word is used to describe a species where male and female are separate? Diecious
3%
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