from molecules to organism #2 Flashcards
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organism
any living thing like a plant, animal or even tiny bacteria.
stimuli
a signal or change in your environment that makes you react.
Environment
The environment includes everything living and nonliving in an area. For example the environment of a giraffe has grass,trees,water,other animals and nonliving things like soil and rocks.
molecule
a tiny group of building blocks that are stuck together.
surrounding
All the physical surroundings on earth.
Natural environment
A place where animal impacts are minimal.
senses
the way that the body receives signals from the environment and uses them to learn about,explore and interact with the world.
information transfer
when one or more animals send information to other animals that effects their behavior.
processing
The process by which animals receive information from their environment process is and respond to it.
behavioral adaptions
the way the animal acts in order to survive.
structural adaptions
the way an animal is made or built to help them survive.