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Owl Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anterior | Toward the front, or head region of an organism |
| Bios | Life, living |
| Carnivore | An animal which satisfies its energy needs by feeding on animal flesh |
| Dorsal | Toward the back, on the same side as the spinal column |
| ecology | The study of the interactions of organisms in their environment |
| energy | The power to do work |
| exoskeleton | An external skeleton supporting and protecting the inner organs |
| Food Chain | An orderly sequence of organisms which shows the flow of energy and raw materials in the ecosystem. |
| Foraging | The search for food |
| Fossorial | Living underground |
| Gizzard | The muscular organ of a bird's digestive system which prepares food for entry into the stomach: the site of pellet formation |
| Habitat | Where an organism live |
| Herbivore | An organism that feeds on plants |
| Incubation | Maintaining eggs at body temperature for hatching |
| Insectivore | An organism that feeds on insects |
| Larva | A newly hatched insect |
| mammal | A warm blooded animal covered with hair/fur |
| Metabolism | Chemical reactions within a cell or organism |
| Posterior | Toward the back or tail region of an organism |
| Predator | An animal which kills and eats other animal |
| Preen | In birds, using the beak to clean and arrange its feathers |
| Prey | The animal being hunted and eaten |
| Roost | A safe perch for birds to rest |
| Solar | Of the sun |
| Species | A distinct group of similar organisms |
| Talon | The claw on each toe of a B.O.P. |
| Ventral | On the underside, opposite of the dorsal |
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