life science chapter 14
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 vertebrate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium. |
| invertebrate | lacking a backbone or spinal column. |
| characteristics of animals!!!!! | 111111111 |
| multicellular | consisting of many cells. |
| eukaryotic | having cells with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei. |
| sexual reproduction | reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete. |
| embryo | an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life. |
| tissue | a part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function. |
| organ | a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function. |
| movement | the act of changing the location of something. |
| consumers | an organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains. |
| kinds of behavior | 222222222222 |
| innate behavior | behavior you are born with. |
| learned behavior | a behavior an animal learns from its parents. |
| survival behavior | 33333333333333333 |
| predator | any animal that lives by preying on other animals. |
| prey | animal hunted or caught for food. |
| territory | a particular area of land. |
| defensive action | helps animals to protect themselves from predators. |
| courtship | when an animal sends out stimuli in order to attract a member of the opposite sex. |
| parenting | the process of caring for children and helping them grow and learn. , 親としての役割を果たす |
| seasonal behavior | adaptations used only during certain seasons. |
| migrate | move from one country or region to another and settle there. |
| landmarks | objects that identify a route or place. |
| hibernattion | a period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allow them to survive on stored body fat. |
| estivation | (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer. |
| circadian rhythms | The 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and many other species. |
| cycle of charge | the bio. clacks of life |
| social behavior | 444444444444 |
| commumication | showing enothins to something or someone. |
| sound | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause. |
| touch | the act of putting two things together with no space between them. |
| pheromones | odorless chemicals that serve as social signals to members of one's species. |
| sight | what you would see see with ryrs. |
| living toether | that just exspains its self. |
| pride | unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
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