from molecules to organism set 2 Flashcards
molecule
a tiny group of building blocks that are stuck together
organism
ant living things like a plant animal or even tiny bacteria
stimuli
a signal or change in your environment that make you react
environment
the environment includes everything living or nonliving in an area for example the environment of a giraffe has grass trees water other animals and nonliving things like rocks and soil
surroundings
all physical surroundings on earth
Natural environment
a place where animal interactions impacts are minimal
senses
the ways 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 (smell/odor, temperature, etc)
processing
the process by which animals receive information from their environment process it 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
support vocabulary
ectotherms meaning they cannot generate their own body heat but instead must move move to a warm/sunny spot to absorb heat from the reptiles (lizards, turtles, snakes) environment in order to have energy to digest food, ect
support vocabulary word 2
endotherms meaning they can generate their own body heat and do not have to warm up in order to digest food, ect. they may be active in colder temperatures then reptiles). mammals (humans, rabbits, dolphins/whales, bears, ect.