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Animals & Behavior
chapter 14
Question | Answer |
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embryo | a plant or animal at an early stage of development |
consumer | an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter |
innate behavior | an inherited behavior that does not depend on the environment or experience |
learned behavior | a behavior that has been learned from experience |
territory | an area that is occupied by one animal or a group of animals that do not allow other members of the species to enter |
hibernation | a period of inactivity and lowered body temperature that some animals undergo in winter as a protection against cold weather and lack of food |
estivation | a period of inactivity and lowered body temperature that some animals undergo in summer as a protection against hot weather and lack of food |
circadian rhythm | a biological daily cycle |
social behavior | the interaction of animals of the same species |
communication | a transfer of a signal or message from one animal to another that results in some kind of response |
pheromone | a substance that is released by the body and that causes another individual of the same species to react in a predictable way |