Ch.10
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mmdancer96 on March 2, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ORGAN | A STRUCTURE IN THE BODY THAT IS COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF TISSUE |
| ADAPTATION | A CHARACTERISTIC THAT HELPS AN ORGANISM SURVIVE IN ITS ENVIRONMENT OR REPRODUCE |
| HERBIVORES | AN ANIMAL THAT ONLY EATS PLANTS |
| CARNIVORES | AN ANIMAL THAT ONLY EATS OTHER ANIMALS |
| PREDATORS | A CARNIVORE THAT HUNTS AND KILLS OTHER ANIMALS FOR FOOD AND HAS ADAPTATIONS THAT HELP IT CAPTURE THE ANIMAL IT PREYS UPON |
| PREY | AN ANIMAL THAT A PREDATOR FEEDS UPON |
| OMNIVORE | AN ANIMAL THAT EATS BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS |
| INVERTEBRATE | AN ANIMAL THAT DOES NOT HAVE A BACKBONE |
| VERTEBRATE | THE BONES THAT MAKE UP THE BACKBONE OF AN ANIMAL |
| BILATERAL SYMMETRY | LINE SYMMETRY; THE QUALITY OF BEING DIVISIBLE INTO TWO HALVES THAT ARE MIRROR IMAGES. |
| RADIAL SYMMETRY | THE QUALITY OF HAVING MANY LINES OF SYMMETRY THAT ALL PASS THROUGH A CENTRAL POINT |
| LARVA | THE IMMATURE FORM OF AN ANIMAL THAT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE ADULT |
| CNIDARIANS | ANIMALS WHOSE STINGING CELLS ARE USED TO CAPTURE THEIR PREY AND DEFEND THEMSELVES AND WHO TAKE THEIR FOOD INTO A HALLOW CENTRAL ACTIVITY |
| POLYP | THE CNIDARIAN BODY PLANNED CHARACTERIZED BY A VASE-LIKE SHAPE AND WHICH IS USUALLY ADAPTED FOR LIFE ATTACHED TO AN UNDERWATER SURFACE |
| MEDUSA | THE CNIDARIAN BODY PLANNED CHARACTERIZED BY A BOWL SHAPE AND WHICH IS ADAPTED FOR A FREE-SWIMMING LIFE |
| REGENERATION | THE ABILITY OF AN ORGANISM TO REGROW BODY PARTS |
| ANUS | THE OPENING AT THE END OF HE ORGANISM'S DIGESTIVE SYSTEM THROUGH WHICH WASTES EXIT |
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