Animal Movement Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- skeleton: framework that supports an animal
- molting: arthropods shed their skeleton to allow for growth
- cartilage: substance in endoskeleton more flexible than bone
- seastar: this organism has endoskeleton with plates that have calcium
- shark: this organism has endoskeleton made of cartilage
- bear: this organism has endoskeleton made of bone and cartilage
- earthworm: this type of worm has skeleton without hard parts
- joint: place where two parts of skeleton meet
- muscle: tissue that contracts and relaxes to create movement
- nervous system: receives info from environment & creates response
- stimulus: a signal that causes an animal to react
- response: animal's reaction to a signal from environment
- neuron: a nerve cell that receives info and passes it on
- sensory neuron: nerve cells that detect stimuli
- interneuron: nerve cell that passes information between nerve cells
- motor neuron: nerve cell that carries info to muscles and organs
- impulse: information that travels in nerve cell as an electrical signal
- brain: organized group of neurons in the head
- skeletal system: works with muscular and nervous system for movement
- water vascular system: fluid filled tubes in echinoderms for moving
