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LT Unit 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antibiotic resistance | Refers to bacteria that have evolved to survive current antibiotics we have to treat infections |
| Artificial selection | Breeding organisms with specific traits in order to produce offspring with identical traits. |
| Biodiversity | The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem |
| Blinking | Automatic response to protect eyes from objects |
| Chemical defense | Compounds released by prey to defend themselves from predators |
| Circadian rhythms | Regular change in biology or behavior that occurs in a 24-hour cycle |
| Communication | Any way in which animals share information; includes sight |
| Competition | The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources |
| Conditioning | Process of learning through reward or punishment |
| Cooperation | Working together with others to obtain protection or food and other resources |
| Courtship | Behaviors that help attract a mate |
| Crypsis | Camouflage that makes prey difficult to see |
| Cyclic | Behavior occurring in repeating patterns |
| Defense mechanisms | Behaviors or body features that help an organism survive in its habitat |
| Disruptive coloration | A color pattern that helps break the outline of an organism |
| Diurnal | Animals that are active during the day |
| Entomology | The scientific study of insects |
| Estivation | A period of reduced activity that some animals experience in the summer |
| Ethology | The scientific study of how animals behave |
| Evolution | Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms. |
| Fitness | Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment |
| Flash coloration | Hidden markings that are quickly exposed to startle or divert the attention of a predator |
| Grasping | A reflex in monkeys to take hold of something firmly with a hand or foot |
| Hibernation | State in which an animal's body processes are slower than usual |
| Higher biodiversity | Organisms would have a much better chance of surviving and adapting to changes in an ecosystem |
| Imprinting | The process by which certain animals form attachments to the first moving object they see and hear |
| Innate behavior | Any behavior that occurs naturally in all animals of a given species from the time of birth; could be an instinct or reflex |
| Insight | Learning from past experiences and reasoning' problem-solving |
| Instinct | Ability of an animal to perform a behavior the first time it is exposed to stimuli |
| Learned behavior | Behavior that occurs only after experience or practice; not born with it |
| Lower biodiversity | Organisms would have a much harder time of surviving or adapting to changes in an ecosystem |
| Migration | Regular movement of animals each year |
| Mimesis | Occurs when an insect looks like an object in its environment to blend in |
| Mimicry | Ability of an animal to look like another more harmful animal |
| Mutation | A change in a gene or chromosome. |
| Natural selection | A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. |
| Nature vs. Nurture | The debate about whether genes or environmental factors contribute more to a person's behavior |
| Nocturnal | Animals that are active during the night |
| Peppered moth | Example of natural selection caused by pollution |
| Reflex | Any behavior that occurs without conscious thought as a response to stimuli |
| Startle | Features used to scare away predators |
| Waggle dance | Way a honeybee moves to tell other bees in the hive where to find food |
| Warning colors | Bright colors meant to advertise to predators that an organism is toxic or noxious |
| Zoology | Tthe scientific study of animals |
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