AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Body coverings help animals survive in many different ways. There are many different body coverings such as scales, fur, skin, blubber, feathers and shells. Fur and blubber helps animals to stay warm and skin helps them camouflage.

Detailed explanation-2: -Different types of scales are found on many animals, such as reptiles, fish, butterfly wings, and bird legs. Reptile scales are made of keratin and are part of a single layer of skin that is shed periodically. Fish have individual bony scales that grow with the animal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Birds are the only animals that have feathers. Feathers provide a light but tough covering, and keep birds warm in cold conditions. They also help the birds to fly. The outer feathers around a bird’s body form a smooth, streamlined surface, helping the bird to cut through air as it flies.

Detailed explanation-4: -fur – the soft, thick hair that covers the bodies of certain animals such as a bear or rabbit. feather – one of the soft and light parts of a bird that grows from the skin and covers the body. scale – one of the many small, hard, thin plates that cover fish, reptiles, and certain other animals.

Detailed explanation-5: -scale, in zoology, small plate or shield forming part of the outer skin layers of certain animals. Scales provide protection from the environment and from predators. Fish scales are formed of bone from the deeper, or dermal, skin layer.