what is a animal Flashcards
embryo
a plant or animal at an early stage of development
consumer
an orgaanism that eats other organismas or organic matter
innate
an inheritird behavor that dose not depend on the envoirment or experance
learned behavior
behavoir that has been learned from experance
territory
an area that is occpied by one animal or a group of animals that do not allow othe rmemebers of speacies to enter
hibernation
a period or inactvity and lowerd body tempture that some animals undergo in the winter as a protection against hot weather and lack of food
estivation
a period or inactvity and lowerd body tempture that some animals undergo in the winter as a protection against hot weather and lack of food
circade ryhthm
a biglogical daily cycle
social behavor
the interaction between animals of the same speacies
commuaction
a transfer of a signal or message from one animal to another that results in some type of responce
pherothom
a substance that is released by the body and that cuases another indvisual of the same species to react in predictable way
invertabrits
an animal tha dose not have a backbone
ganglion
a mass nerve cells
gut
the digetsive tract
coelom
a body cavity thtt contains the internal organs
open irclatory system
a circulatory system in witch the circuly fluid is not contained etiraly vessel
closed circlatory system
a circulatory system in witch the heart circulats blood vessels through a network of blood vessels that form a closed loop
segment
any part of larger strucher such as a body of an organisam that is set off ny a natural or arbittry boundres
exoskelation
a hard external suporting strucher
compound eye
an eye composed of many light dectors
atenna
a feeler that is on the head of an imvertabrite such as a crushachion or an insect that senes touch,taste, smell
meta morpaes
a phase in the life cycle of many animals during witch a rapid change form the immatue form of an organism to the adult from takes place
endo skelation
an internal skelation made of bone cartilage
water vasculer system
a system of canles filled with watery fluid that cirulate through the body of sn echindoer
