Chapter 1 Vocab🐶

Question 1

Vertebrate

Answer 1

Any animal with a scull or backbone

Question 2

Invertebrate

Answer 2

Any animal without a backbone

Question 3

Embryo

Answer 3

An organism in the earliest stage of development

Question 4

Tissue

Answer 4

A collection of similar cells

Question 5

Organ

Answer 5

A combination of two or more tissues

Question 6

Consumer

Answer 6

An organism that eats other organisms

Question 7

Predator

Answer 7

Animals that eat other animals

Question 8

Prey

Answer 8

An organism that is being eaten by other organisms

Question 9

Innate Behavior

Answer 9

Behavior that doesn’t depend on learning or experience

Question 10

Learned Behavior

Answer 10

Behavior that has been learned from experience or from observing other animals

Question 11

Hibernation

Answer 11

A period of inactivity and decreased body temperature that some animals experience in winter.

Question 12

Estivation

Answer 12

A period of reduced activity that some animals experience in the summer

Question 13

Biological Clock

Answer 13

An internal control of natural cycles

Question 14

Circadian Rhythm

Answer 14

A natural, daily cycle

Question 15

Social Behavior

Answer 15

The interaction between animals of the same species

Question 16

Communication

Answer 16

A transfer of a signal from one animal to another that results in some type of response

Question 17

Territory

Answer 17

An area that is occupied by one animal or a group of animals and that other members of the species are excluded from.

Question 18

Pheromone

Answer 18

A chemical produced by animals for communication