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| What are the main advantages to being endothermic? |
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| They can live in a much greater variety of environments than ecto therms.Body temp. does not change much no matter what the environment is. Can move quickly without having to be warmed by the sun. |
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| What are the main disadvantages to being endothermic? |
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| Have to eat much more than ectotherms. Takes a lot of energy to maintain body temp. |
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| What are the main advantages to being ectothermic? |
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| Do not have to eat as much as much as endotherms.Can warm and cool body using the sun or shade.Which saves energy. |
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| What are the main disadvantages to being ectothermic. |
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| Bod temp. changes constantly.Have to hibernate or estivate due to environment.Have to move to different places to keep body temp. from becoming too high or low. |
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An internal skeleton.
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| An organism that has a fluid filled body. Ex:sponge, earthworm, jellyfish,slug |
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| Body plan with two halves that are mirror images. Ex: Fish, Human, Horse, Dog |
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| The quality of having many lines of symmetry. Ex: Starfish, Sea Urchin, Some Sponges, Jellyfish |
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| An organism that has a cicular or round shape. Ex: Yeast, Diatom, Cactus, Radiotarian |
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| an organism that does not have any lines of symmetry. Ex: Fiddler Crab, Coral, Amoeba, Some Sponges |
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| Long round body made up of linked segments. Ex: Beetle, Lobster, Shrimp, Crab |
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| An organism that does not have a body divided into sections. Ex: humans, horse, cat, dog |
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Vertebrate- side with the backbone.
Invertebrate- Top side, side opposite mouth. Aboral |
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Vertebrate- side with organs
Invertebrates- side with mouth- Oral |
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| Refers to aquatic animals that have a tail. |
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| A defense where the animal is disguised as something else. Ex: Walking Leaf Insect, Fllounder, Shark, Rattlesnake |
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| A defense where a usually poisonous animal is colored brightly to warn animals not to eat it. Ex: Poison Dart Frog, Black Widdow, Coral Snake, Killer Whale |
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| When a non-dangerous animal copies the coloration of a dangerous animal to fool predators. Ex: King Snake, Painted Lady Butterfly, Penguin, Eyespots on Moth Wings |
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| Ananimal that has both male and female sex organs. Ex: sponge,coral,starfish,plants |
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| A form of asexual reproduction in which a new cell grows out of the body of the parent, Ex: Yeast,Sponges,Hydra,Sea Anemone |
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| A form of Asexual reproduction in which a piece of the organism breaks off and becomes a new adult. Ex: Starfish, Sponge, Tapeworm, Planarian |
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| A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides into two identical cells. Ex: Bacteria, Viruses, Paramesium, Amoeba |
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| Regeneration;Not Reproduction |
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| Where an organism can grow back a missing body part. Ex: Starfish, Crab, Lizard |
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| Wher eggs are fertilized inside the female's body. Ex: Humans, Lions, Snakes, Chicken |
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| When eggs are fertilized outside a female's body. Ex: Bass, Catfish, Salmon, Frogs |
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| When an animal travels long distances to find food, find a mate, or to have offspring. Ex: Bird Flying South For Winter, Butterflies Flying South For Winter |
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| short term or daily cycle. Ex: hunger cycle,sleep cycle,mood cycle |
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| Closed Circulatory System |
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| Blood is contained in blood vessels. Ex: Humans,Dogs,Cats,Horses |
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| Blood is not contained in Blood Vessels. Ex: Jellyfish,Tapeworm,Sponges,Insects |
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| Organism that is active at night. Ex: Owls,Mice,Rats,Rabbits |
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| Organisms that are active during the day. Ex: Dogs,Humans,Horses,Cows |
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| An area where an animal lives, hunts, breeds, and raisses their young. |
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| Can Protect their territory by: |
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Making Noises
Marking Territory
Body Language
Fighting |
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| Using your body to show emotions. Ex: Showing Teeth |
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| Barking, Grunting, Howling, Purring |
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| Urine, Feces, Claw Marks, Musk |
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| What are the Four main functions of Pheremones. |
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Attract a mate
Scare a Predator
Mark Territory
Signal Danger |
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| What are some advantages of living in a group? |
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Numbers protect each other
warn each other of predators
hunting is easier
protect young together
find mates easier |
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| What are the disadvantages to living in a group? |
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Having To Share Food
Compete For Mates
Disease Spreads Faster
Attracts Predators |
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Life Science Terms
Matthew Hudson
Period 1
11/2/09 |
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| Organisms that can't make their own food. Ex: Frog, Human, Horse, Dog |
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| Organisms that are composed of many cells. Ex: Horses,Cats,Dogs,Humans |
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| Organisms that can make their own food. Ex: Plants |
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| An animal with a backbone. Ex: Cat, Dog, Human, Pig |
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| An animal without a backbone. Ex: Insect, Jellyfish, Coral, Sponge |
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| Behavior that has been developed from experience.Ex: Table Manners, Learning a Language, Washing Your Food, playing baseball |
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| Period of Reduced activity during the summer. Ex: Frog and Toads |
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| A period of inactivity that some animals experience during the winter. Ex: Bears, Snakes, Squirrels, Grasshoppers |
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| An internal control of an animal's natural cycles. Ex: Migration, Hibenation, Estivation, Child Bearing Years |
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| Chemcally produced odors that an organism can produce. |
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| A behavior that does not depend on learning or experience inhrited through genes. Ex: A bird building a nest, spider spinning a web, Baby Crying, Migration |
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An organism composed of only one cell.
Ex: Amoeba, Yeast, Bacteria, Viruses |
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| An animal who's body contols and regulates temperature. Human, Pig, Cat, Dog |
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| An organism that can move because they are not attached to anything. Ex: Human, Monkey, Shark, Snake |
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| An organism that can't move because they are attached to something. Ex: Barnacles, Coral, Sponges, Sea Anemone |
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| An animal that eats only plants. Ex: Horse, Cow, Sheep, Moose |
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| A consumer that eats only meat. Lion, Dog, Wolf, Owl |
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| A consumer that eats both plants and animals. Ex: Human, Pig, Bears, Song Birds |
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| An organism that breaks down chemicals from urates and dead organisms and returns important minerals back into the soil. Ex: Mushrooms, Mold, Mildew, Bacteria |
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| An organism that filters plankton out of the water. Ex: sponges, oysters, crabs, worms |
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| An animal that eats anything dead or alive. Ex: Raccoon, Fox, Buzzard, Opossum |
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