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Puzzling Animals
Chapter 13
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| navigate | to find one's way from one place to another |
| consumer | an organism that eats other organisms |
| embryo | an organism in the earliest stage of development |
| migrate | to travel from one place to another in response to the seasons or environmental conditions |
| biological clock | an internal control of natural cycles |
| territory | an area occupied b an animal or group of animals from which other members of the species are excluded |
| social | this type of behavior is the interaction between animals of the same species |
| predator | an animal that eats other animals |
| multicellular | made of many cells |
| hibernation | a period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter |
| pheromones | chemicals animals produce for communication |
| invertebrate | an animal without a backbone |
| camouflage | coloration and/or texture that enables an animal to blend in with its surroundings |
| estivation | a period of reduced activity that some animals experience in summer |
| tissue | a collection of similar cells that work together to perform a specific job in the body |
| communication | takes place when a signal travels from one animal to another and the receiver of the signal responds |
| landmark | fixed object an animal uses to find its way |
| vertebrate | any animal with a skull and a backbone |
| prey | an animal that is eaten by another animal |