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Animals and Animal Behavior
Use for Unit Test on 4.9.09
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Science
7th Grade
04/07/2009

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Pokaryotic
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cells w/o a nucleus
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Eukaryotic
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cells w/ a nucleus
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What are the seven characteristics all animals share?
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1.multicellular 2. eukaryotic cells 3. reproduce sexually 4. develop from embryos 5. specialized parts 6. move 7. consumers
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Learned Behavior
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a behavior that is infuenced by genes and dont depend on learning
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Innate Behavior
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a behavior that is influenced by genes and dont depend on learning
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Embryo
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an organism in the earliest stage of development
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Tissue
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a group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific job in the body
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Organ
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a combination fo two or more tissues that work together to perform a function in the body
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Consumer
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an organism that eats producers or other organsims for energy
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Predator
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an organism that eats an other organism
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Prey
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an organism that is eaten by another organism
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Hibernation
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a period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allow them to survive on body fat
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Estivation
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a period of reduced activity that some animals in summer experience
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Territory
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an area occupied by an animal or a group of animals from which other members of the species are excluded
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Pheromone
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a chemical produced by animals for com..?
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Evolution
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the process of developing gradually
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Mutation
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the act or process of being altered or changed
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DNA
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a nucleic acid
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Phylogeny
Definition
the evolutionary development and history of species
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