 | Term | Definition |
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animal |
a multicellular heterotroph that needs food, water and oxygen |
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predator |
the eater |
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prey |
the eated |
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herbivore |
eats only plants |
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omnivore |
eats meat and veggies |
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carnivore |
eats only meat |
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species |
a group of animals that can mate with each other and create offspring |
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phyla |
a group that has genetic relationship, as a race |
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heterotroph |
an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition |
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autotroph |
plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances |
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verebrate |
has a spine |
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invertibrate |
has NO spine |
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bilateral symmetry |
the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane |
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radial symmetry |
Characterizing a body shaped like a pie or barrel, with many equal parts radiating outward like the spokes of a wheel; present in cnidarians and echinoderms |
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asymmetrical |
no symmetry at all |
