Details Title: Animal Vocabulary Description: Food Chain and Food Web Total Flash Cards: 26 Created: 03/20/2007 02:57:03		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Religious Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term consumer Definition an animal that eats other plants or animals in order to get their energy and live. Term producer Definition a plant that makes its own food Term carnivore Definition a consumer that eats other consumers; meat eaters Term herbivore Definition a consumer that eats producers; plant eaters Term omnivore Definition a consumer that eats other consumers or producers; plant and meat eater Term Food Chain Definition the path energy and materials take in a community; who eats who Term Predator Definition a consumer that hunts, kills and eats other animals Term Prey Definition an animal that predators hunt and eat Term Decomposer Definition a consumer that gets energy and materials from dead plants and animals and puts the materials stored in the dead plants and animals back into the siol, air and water Term Food Web Definition shows different pathways for the flow of energy in an ecosystem Term Life Cycle Definition the stages of growth and development that an animal goes through in its life Term Reproduce Definition making more animals of the smae kind Term Metamorphosis Definition changes in form at each stage of an animal's life Term Behavior Definition something an organism does Term Stimulus Definition something that makes an organism act a certain way Term Response Definition what an organism does when it senses the stimulus Term Instinctive behavior Definition a behavior that an animal inherits from its parents Term Learned Behavior Definition a behavior that an animal develops by observing other animals or by being taught Term Hibernation Definition deep sleeplike state when an animal's body processes slow down Term Migration Definition seasonal movement of animals from one place to another Term camouflage Definition to blend in with your surrounding for protection Term adaptation Definition to be able to change to survive in an environment Term vertebrate Definition animal with a backbone Term Definition Term invertebrate Definition animal without a backbone Term Definition