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STEM Camp day 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Regurgitated | to bring food that has been swallowed back to and out of the mouth |
| Pellet | a small, hard ball of food |
| Esophagus | the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach |
| Gizzard | a part in the stomach of a bird in which food is broken down into small pieces |
| Bones | any one of the hard pieces that form the frame (called a skeleton) inside a person's or animal's body |
| Shrews | a small animal that looks like a mouse with a long, pointed nose |
| Rodents | a small animal (such as a mouse, rat, squirrel, or beaver) that has sharp front teeth |
| Hunting | the activity or sport of chasing and killing wild animals |
| Grassland | land covered with grasses and other soft plants but not with bushes and trees |
| Barn | a building on a farm that is used for storing grain and hay and for housing farm animals or equipment |
| Countryside | land that is away from big towns and cities |
| Consumer | Animals cannot make their own food so they must eat plants and/or other animals. |
| Producer | An organism that makes it's own food. |
| Consumer | An organism that must eat other living things for energy. |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down dead things to get its energy |
| Herbivore | An animal that eats plants |
| Carnivore | An animal that eats meat |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats plants and meat |
| Invasive Species | an animal that does not naturally live in an area. They may cause harm to environments or humans . |
| Native Species | an animal that naturally lives in an area. |