what is a animal Flashcards

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embryo

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a plant or animal at an early stage of development

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consumer

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an orgaanism that eats other organismas or organic matter

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innate

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an inheritird behavor that dose not depend on the envoirment or experance

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learned behavior

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behavoir that has been learned from experance

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territory

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an area that is occpied by one animal or a group of animals that do not allow othe rmemebers of speacies to enter

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hibernation

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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

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estivation

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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

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circade ryhthm

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a biglogical daily cycle

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social behavor

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the interaction between animals of the same speacies

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commuaction

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a transfer of a signal or message from one animal to another that results in some type of responce

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pherothom

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a substance that is released by the body and that cuases another indvisual of the same species to react in predictable way

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invertabrits

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an animal tha dose not have a backbone

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ganglion

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a mass nerve cells

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gut

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the digetsive tract

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coelom

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a body cavity thtt contains the internal organs

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open irclatory system

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a circulatory system in witch the circuly fluid is not contained etiraly vessel

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closed circlatory system

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a circulatory system in witch the heart circulats blood vessels through a network of blood vessels that form a closed loop

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segment

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any part of larger strucher such as a body of an organisam that is set off ny a natural or arbittry boundres

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exoskelation

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a hard external suporting strucher

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compound eye

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an eye composed of many light dectors

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atenna

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a feeler that is on the head of an imvertabrite such as a crushachion or an insect that senes touch,taste, smell

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meta morpaes

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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

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endo skelation

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an internal skelation made of bone cartilage

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water vasculer system

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a system of canles filled with watery fluid that cirulate through the body of sn echindoer