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Animal science words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| environment | the natural world; surroundings in which a person, animal, plant lives. |
| life cycle | series of changes in life of an organism: birth , reproduction (having babies), death. MAMMAL LIFE CYCLE: Embryo, Babies, Young animals, Adult. |
| mammal | Animal that breathes air, has a BACKBONE (vertebrae), and grows HAIR/FUR. Females have live babies and also glands that can produce MILK (humans, horses, dogs, cats, etc) |
| amphibian | cold-blooded animals with SPINES/BACKBONES, like frogs & salamanders, that live in WATER as babies but can live & breathe on LAND as adults LIFE CYCLE OF A FROG: Frogs eggs lay hatch in water, Young tadpole have gills, older tadpole grows legs and sta |
| instinct | natural behavior and reactions that an organism is born with |
| population | a group of same organisms that live in the same place at the same time |
| predator | an animal that lives by capturing and eating other organisms |
| prey | an animal that gets captured and eaten by predators |
| organism | any individual life form (animal, plant, or single-celled), that can function on its own |
| habitat | the natural home, environment in which a person, plant, or other organism lives |
| embryo | unborn or unhatched baby, as it develops |
| tadpole | the larval stage in life cycle of amphibian (frog or toad), usually living in the water. "Pollywog" |
| community | a group of various species that interact in a common environment |
| larva (larvae) | baby form of insect or amphibian, after it's an egg & before it morphs into adult (caterpillar -> butterfly ) |
| pupa (pupae) | cocoon stage of an insect, between larva and adult |
| nymph | baby (immature) form of some insects before morphing into adult |
| adaptation | changes in an organism that help it survive and multiply (have babies) in its environment: results from natural selection |
| vertebra (vertebrae) | Backbone or spine in mammals |
| gills | the pair of breathing organs on fish and some amphibians; they get oxygen out of the water so the fish / amphibian can live |
| metamorphosis | (in an insect or amphibian) the changing from an immature (baby) form to an adult form in two or more separate stages |
| eggs | function: (1) provide food (2) protect embryo |
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