set 2 Flashcards
Molecule
A tiny group of building blocks that are stuck together.
Organism
Any living things like a plant, animal or even a tiny bacteria.
Stimuli
A signal or change in your environment that make 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 non-living things like rocks and soil.
Surroundings
All the physical surroundings on Earth.
Natural environment
A place where animal interactions impacts are minimal.
Information Transfer
When one or more animals send information to other animals that affects their behavior(smell/odor, temperature, etc.)
Senses
The ways that the body receives signals from the environment and uses them to learn about, explore and interact with the world.
Behavioral Adaptations
The way the animal acts in order to survive.
Processing
The process by which animals receive information from their environment, process it and respond to it.( perception/memories),(behaviors/actions)
Structural Adaptations
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 to a warm/sunny spot to absorb heat from the Reptiles (lizards, turtles, snakes)environment in order to have energy to digest food, etc.
endotherms, meaning they can generate their own body heat and do not have to warm up in order to digest food, etc. They may be active in colder temperatures than reptiles).Mammals (humans, rabbits, dolphins/whales, bears, etc.