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Raczkowski- Animals

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Vertebrate   an animal with a skull and a backbone; includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.  
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Invertebrate   an animal without a backbone  
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Consumer   an organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy  
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Predator   an organism that eats other organisms  
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prey   an organism that is eaten by another organism  
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innate behavior   a behavior that is influenced by genes and does not depend on learning  
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learned behavior   a behavior that has been learned from experience  
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hibernation   a period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allows them to survive on stored body fat  
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estivation   a period of reduced activity that some animals experience in summer  
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biological clock   internal control of natural cycles  
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circadian rhythm   a natural daily cycle  
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social behavior   the interaction between animals of the same species  
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communication   the transfer of a signal from one animal to another that results in some type of response  
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territory   an area occupied by one animal or a group of animals from which other members of the species are excluded  
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pheromone   a chemical produced by animals for communication  
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bilateral symmetry   a body plan in which two halves of an organism's body are mirror images of each other  
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radial symmetry   a body plan in which the parts of the body are arranged in a circle  
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asymmetrical   without symmetry  
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without symmetry   group of nerve cells  
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open circulatory system   a circulatory system consisting of a heart that pumps blood through spaces called sinuses  
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closed circulatory system   a circulatory system in which a heart circulates blood through a network of vessels that forms a closed loop  
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segmented exoskeleton   an external skeleton made up of protein and chitin where segments grow together  
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mandible   a jaw found on some arthropods  
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complete metamorphosis   consists of four stages: egg, larve, pupa and adult  
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metamorphosis   consists of three stages: egg, nymph and adult  
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