TY - BOOK AU - Wanjie,Anne TI - The basics of animal systems T2 - Core concepts SN - 9781477705568 AV - QL 49 .B292 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Rosen Publishing KW - Animals KW - Variation KW - Juvenile literature KW - Biology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 90) and index; Diversity in the animal kingdom -- Ways of eating -- Locomotion -- Adapting to habitats -- Animal defense mechanisms -- Mating and offspring -- Close associations among animals -- Animal systems of communication -- Biography: Charles Darwin N2 - In this text, readers can attend to the precise details of explanations and descriptions as expressed in the Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects. They learn about animal diversity and investigate feeding differences. Animal locomotion, habitats, methods animals use to defend themselves, reproduction, and animal associations and symbioses (such as mutualisms, commensalism, and parasitisms) are explored in depth -- ER -