Unit 2 - Science Flashcards
an animal that eats other animals
carnivore
an animal that eats dead and decaying plants and animals
decomposer
an animal that eats plants
herbivore
a behavior or trait that is inherited from the parents
innate
anything an animal knows how to do without learning it first
instinct
an animal that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
a behavior that animals do NOT do by instinct
learned behavior
a caterpillar puts itself into a cocoon
innate behavior
animals learn new things by experience and from _____ ______
another animal
most _____ _______ help animals with getting food and reproduicing
innate behaviors
stage of incomplete insect metamorphosis
- egg
- nymph
- adult
stages for complete insect metamorphosis
- egg
- larva
- pupa
- adult
compound eyes
six legs
THREE body segments
What has these?
insects
____ has a soft body
mollusk
____ has a simple skeleton, no muscles, and no brain
sponge