SCIENCE VOCABULARY

SCIENCE VOCABULARY JOviedo 2007

adaptations The ability of an animal to change in order to survive its environment. Body parts & coverings that help animals survive.

adaptations

MIMICRY • AN ADAPTATION WHERE AN ANIMAL LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER ANIMAL OR OBJECT; TO APPEAR AS SOMETHING ELSE • MIMIC, COPY, SIMILAR

MIMICRY FALSE COBRA is not poisonous DRONE FLY BEE Real cobra is venomous

CAMOUFLAGE AN ADAPTATION WHERE THE COLOR OR PATTERN OF AN ANIMAL HELPS IT BLEND (HIDE) IN ITS SURROUDING (WHERE IT LIVES).

CAMOUFLAGE

DECOMPOSERS • ORGANISMS THAT BREAKDOWN ( EAT ) DEAD PLANTS OR ANIMALS

LEARNED BEHAVIOR • A BEHAVIOR THAT MUST BE TAUGHT • Examples: • Eating with a fork or spoon Hunt for food / Hide from its predators Attacking / talking

LEARNED BEHAVIOR • A BEHAVIOR THAT MUST BE TAUGHT • NOT: • LEARNING HOW TO VIDEO GAMES • LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE

INSTINCT • An inborn pattern of behavior • Examples: • Crying / Laughing / Sneezing / Coughing • Blinking your eyes • Growling / Flying / Hopping • Breathing

PREDATOR • AN ANIMAL THAT LIVES BY PREYING (HUNTING & EATING) OTHER ANIMALS

PREY • AN ANIMAL HUNTED FOR OR CAUGHT FOR FOOD BY ANOTHER ANIMAL

ECOSYSTEM • LIVING THINGS & NON LIVING THINGS INTERACTING TOGETHER IN AN ENVIRONMENT

SOIL • IT IS A THIN MIXTURE OF ROCK PIECES AND ORGANIC MATTER • THERE ARE 3 LAYERS

HIBERNATION • SPENDING WINTER BEING INACTIVE OR DORMANT by SOME ANIMALS • A LONG DEEP SLEEP

MIGRATION • THE MOVEMENT OF A GROUP OF ANIMALS FROM ONE REGION (PLACE) TO ANOTHER AND BACK AGAIN FOR THE PURPOSE OF BREEDING & FEEDING

REFLEX • AN INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE OR ACTION; automatic ( done without thinking ) • SNEEZE, HICCUP, BLINK

BREEDING • TO PRODUCE AND RAISE/TRAIN YOUNG ANIMALS/PLANT • Mr. Brown’s farm breeds cows to sell at the market.

ENDANGERED • TO PUT IN DANGER BY OVER-HUNTING, POACHING, AND DEFORESTATION

SCIENCE VOCABULARY JOviedo 2007

SCIENCE VOCABULARY

SCIENCE VOCABULARY

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