Question | Answer |
What is to pass the summer in an inactive or resting state? | aestivate |
What is to change so as to fit a new situation, adjust behavior for survival? | adapt |
Forward facing eyes, which focus simultaneously on an object, giving the animal depth and distance perception | binocular vision |
active during the day | diurnal |
the state of being unlike; a variety | diversity |
to pass the winter in an inactive or resting state | hibernate |
the natural environment of a plant or animal | habitat |
putting an end to; disappearance | extinction |
to travel from one region or climate usually on a regular schedule to another for feeding or breeding | migrate |
an animal that feeds on plants | herbivore |
a flesh-eating animal, a meat eating mammal or a plant that eats insects | carnivore |
animal movement: run, swim, hop, fly,slither | locomotion |
an animal that eats a diet of both plants and animals | omnivore |
without a spinal column or backbone | invertebrate |
eyes are placed on the side of the skull giving the animal a very wide peripheralvision, which gives the animal an early warning in spotting hungry predators | monocular vision |
an animal that is active at night | nocturnal |
an animal that eats the flesh of others; the hunter | predator |
the object of the hunt; the victim or quarry | prey |
animals with a backbone | vertebrate |
the preservation of a resource, especially natural resources such as soil,water, or forests from loss, pollution or waste. | conservation |
animals that maintain their body temperature regardless of the surrounding temperature | warm-blooded |
an animal that makes its own internal heat by burning food | endothermic |
Animals that cannot make their own food so they must eat plants and/or other animals. There are three groups: herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. | consumer |
They feed on decaying matter. They speed up the decaying process that releases mineral salts back into the food chain for absorption by plants as nutrients. Bacteria and fungi, are examples of these. | decomposers |
Uses the light energy from the sun to make their own food (sugar) from carbon dioxide and water. Green plants are these. | producers |