Animal Locomotion
Biology ⇒ Animal Biology
Animal Locomotion starts at 7 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe the difference between axial and appendicular locomotion in animals.
Describe the main difference between walking and running in terrestrial animals.
Describe the process of muscle contraction according to the sliding filament theory.
Describe the role of ATP in muscle contraction.
Explain how hydrostatic skeletons facilitate movement in soft-bodied animals.
Explain how the arrangement of muscles and bones in a grasshopper's hind legs enables it to jump.
Explain how the structure of bird bones aids in flight.
Explain why aquatic animals often have streamlined bodies.
Name one animal that uses undulatory locomotion on land.
Name the main type of muscle responsible for voluntary movement in vertebrates.
Name the protein that forms the thick filaments in muscle fibers.
Name the type of joint that allows for the greatest range of movement in vertebrates.
Name the type of locomotion used by earthworms.
Name the type of movement exhibited by Euglena using its flagellum.
Name the type of movement exhibited by leeches.
Name the type of skeleton found in jellyfish.
Which structure in birds is primarily adapted for flight?
