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5th grade owl pellet
STEM Camp day 1 vocab
Term | Definition |
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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. |